Contraception for women will now be covered, and free. A number of other crucial elements of health care for women are covered as of August 1 as well. If you get an envelope from your health insurance company this week, don't throw it out. It could...
Ethan Bronner has a very good article about how, despite the debacle of 2000, the U.S. still has a grossly inadequate voting system. Obviously, the fact that Florida's inability to.
Ten years ago the SCOTUS ruled that executing mentally retarded people was unconstitutional, but it did so in a fashion that allowed the states a lot of practical leeway in.
Sight and Sound released its preliminary poll findings of the top 10 films in history. The big news is that Citizen Kane was finally booted from its 50 year roost at the top by Vertigo. These are both great films, but I wouldn't vote either of...
What happens when 2 influential right-wing loons decide to declare war on each other? Let's get the popcorn ready! If Frank Gaffney gets his way, Grover Norquist won't be at.
I don't want to make David Sirota's latest Salon column sound more coherent than it is, but the main points seem to be: The US shouldn't send its best athletes.
I lack the parodic skills required to improve the title or content of John Nolte's latest screed. But I'll try to shorter it anyway: I used to laugh at loud at the term "slippery slope." Then I grew up. AND WHEN I GREW UP LESBIANS WERE...
Five years ago today, the I-35 bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, killing 13 people. The state of our infrastructure remains abysmal, with future disasters likely. We could fix all of these.
Shorter Verbatim Crazy Stanley Kurtz: "President Obama is not a fan of America’s suburbs. Indeed, he intends to abolish them." His "evidence" for this is...Christ, you don't want to know.
Apparently, what in large measure accounts for Romney's repulsive assertions that a population living under military occupation is less prosperous than its occupier because of "culture" is that he read two books a while ago that he thinks can explain pretty much anything. Which makes it...
This is probably necessary:
James Holmes asks us to crowdsource a name for China's "it's new to you" aircraft carrier, having correctly noted that "ex-Varyag" is getting old: Our friends in Beijing are evidently.