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Republicans have trouble understanding luck

Republicans often like to see issues in black and white with no room for shades of gray. This means that they cannot accommodate luck

So many progressive role models, so much for them [and us] to do–and so many ways to do it. When things get tough for

You can try to argue that ALEC [the American Legislative Exchange Council] is a private group and can do whatever it wants in the

Once upon a time, Congressional representatives had the guts to bring up controversial bills, state their views openly, and go on the record with

On a recent segment of the Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interviewed two guests at one time, something she rarely does. The guests, Frank Rich

Don’t fall for that baloney that “both sides do it.” We are talking about obstructionism many magnitudes worse than anything done before by either

While there may be some people who have some reasonable arguments for owning a hunting rifle, it doesn’t help their cause to have the

The differences in the mental gymnastics that go on inside the minds of liberals and conservatives when they are presented with new information can

Here you have it. A Republican senator admits that the GOP voted not on the merits of the issue, not on doing what is

Of all the U.S. Presidents, in all of the White Houses, in all of our lifetimes [so far], the one I’d judge least qualified