So, by now, we've all heard that one of the leading candidates to be chairman of the RNC, Chip Saltsman, sent out CDs with the song "Barack the Magic Negro" as Christmas presents. Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like blatant racism. I mean, it's not like Jesus was dark...

As much as it pains me to admit it, we owe Sarah Palin an apology. And not only Sarah Palin, but, the entire state of Alaska.

It all stems from announcement last week that Sarah Palin's daughter's baby's father's mother had been arrested in Wasilla.

If you haven't...

So, the holidays are fast approaching. And as a secular progressive, I am up in arms and ready for battle in the War on Christmas. I have a full battalion ready to storm Bill O'Reilly's mansion at dawn. This is war after all.

Despite his well documented "holiday" hypocrisy, like...

By now you've certainly heard that after twelve years, Alan Colmes, the "hard hitting liberal" half of Hannity and Colmes, has announced that he is leaving the Fox News Channel show.

Both he and co-host Sean Hannity are putting on a happy face in public, with Colmes...

There's been quite a lot written about the shameful passage of Proposition 8 in California, but it's now being reported that James Dobson's ministry, Focus on the Family, which spent well over half a million dollars fighting to take away the right of homosexuals to marry, is being forced...

So after Barack Obama's White House visit with George W. Bush last week, I guess it only makes sense that Joe Biden would scheduele a visit with Dick Cheney. I've heard they're already setting up a meeting with Barney and the Obama's puppy-to-be.

The Biden/Cheney visit occurred at...

So, this morning, I'm sitting on my couch in Chicago, reading the newspaper and watching Meet the Press. Chuck Todd comes on, and he's going over the electoral college map, and he's talking about how the 2nd congressional district in Omaha, Nebraska is up for grabs for Obama.

For...

The polls are looking grim for John McCain. Traditional Republican states including North Carolina, Georgia, Montana, Indiana and even McCain's home state of Arizona now appear to be within striking distance for Barack Obama. With the odds stacked against him, John McCain is taking...

What is it about politicians from Alaska? Mere weeks after Sarah Palin was found to have unlawfully abused her power in the Troopergate Scandal, Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty of all seven corruption charges that he faced.

Each guilty count carries a possible sentence...

It is a truly exciting time for Glenn Beck. After trolling away on CNN Headline News, Glenn Beck finally received the call that all right wing shills dream of. Glenn Beck has signed a deal with the Fox News Channel.

For a Republican mouthpiece like Beck, it's like...

We have all heard that Governor Sarah Palin believes that the earth is only 6,000 years old and that man and dinosaurs co-existed. We all had a good chuckle at the Matt Damon interview. But what we haven't heard is Sarah Palin's response.

That is, until today....

There was a little-noticed moment in the Vice Presidential debate that came racing back to my mind when looking over the news today. Joe Biden was talking about energy independence, and how at the Republican National Convention people were chanting "Drill, drill, drill."

Upon hearing that, Sarah Palin's eyes lit...

As the story broke that George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency will not limit the amount of rocket fuel in our nation's drinking water, it looked like it was just another example of Republicans against regulation.

But with the nation's economy in ruins, the Bush Administration has come up...

With the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the takeover of Merril Lynch, the economic carnage that began on the day known as Black Monday may, unfortunately, be just the beginning. Panic is setting in as everyday Americans worry if the money in their bank accounts is safe.

By now we've all heard that Sarah Palin has decided to grant an exclusive two-part interview to the reporter the campaign has deemed will treat her with "deference and respect". We all thought that first interview was going to be with ABC's Charles Gibson. Little did we know...

As the Democratic Convention kicks off in Denver, the Republicans are finalizing the details for their convention next week in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

When the RNC kicks off next Monday, it will be a celebration for many reasons. Not the least being, that next Monday is

Last week when Cokie Roberts attacked Barack Obama on ABC's This Week for vacationing in the "foreign" and "exotic" land of Hawaii, suggesting that he instead visit lovely Myrtle Beach, most of us just assumed she was shilling for John McCain. But, it turns out, she actually wasn't shilling...