(image) Seems like it was only eight months ago that the Democrats were running on a platform to clean up Congress. The Republicans had controlled the...

(image) The Virginia Tech massacre has school administrators across the country on edge. The staff at Scales Elementary School in Tennessee decided the...

(image) I just received a call from the local ABC affiliate here in Los Angeles asking me if I wanted to take part in a political poll. I agreed, more...

(image) Michael Baker had been teaching at East High School in Lincoln Nebraska since 1981. Last week he was forced to retire. He is one of only 47...

(image) As I have said before, the only way for Republicans to survive the 2008 elections will be to crush the White House. The administration is behaving...

It might be easier for us to count the cabinet members who aren’t idiotic, corrupt or just plain evil. Chertoff, Gonzales, Condi, and Gates certainly don’t...

(image) Today Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is spending his day in front of the House Judiciary Committee and it is going pretty much as expected. ...

My colleague Patrick Lasswell and I interviewed on camera Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Colonel Salahdin Ahmad Ameen in his office in Suleimaniya, Kurdistan,...

(image) For readers in New York, here's a kick-ass event going on this evening. The US Supreme Court and the South Dakota abortion ban: Organizing...

(image) Huh. And I thought that Rudy wouldn’t want to mess up his mojo. After all, he was doing pretty well in the early stages of the Republican primary...

(image) British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced his resignation effective June 27th of this year.

(image) The Iraqi Parliament has been working overtime getting nothing accomplished for quite some time now and it’s time for a break. Currently the lawmakers...

(image) It is always interesting to watch a man slide a noose around his own neck. Example one: George W. Bush. The majority of the population already...

(image) Hamas has created an incredibly cute mouse character to speak to kids and tell them all about the evils of the US and Israel. Farfour is clearly...

(image) Everyone assumed Democrats would be the first to cave on Iraq. The Washington Post went as far as to print a story claiming Democrats were giving...

(image) I know it’s early, but I’m calling it. The race is over. The only hitch is that the guy I am declaring the winner hasn’t even declared his...

(image) France held presidential elections today in a battle of extremes. On the right was Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and on the left was Socialist Segolene...

(image) Chimpanzees have been entertaining people around the world for centuries. Whether wearing children's clothes or throwing poop at unsuspecting...

(image) Barack Obama has a good chance to be the first African American president. His fan base is incredibly enthusiastic and his appeal is broad. He...

(image) It’s like every story about the White House right now should be accompanied by a mental picture of Bush twirling his moustache like Snidely Whiplash...

(image) Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. It is a classic NRA slogan that has a childlike simplicity. A retarded child. Now the NRA is provng...

(image) The bird flu is going to kill us at some point. Sorry, it’s a fact. Yesterday the CDC released the long-awaited guidelines for facemask use when...

(image) Well, for all of you who are from the UK, the Scottish National Party has set out to make history and has finally won the most seats in the Scottish...

(image) Everyone loves a sweet car chase. Remember the one in Bullitt with the Mustang on the streets of San Francisco? That kicked ass. Or that one in...

(image) There was little reason to watch the Republican debate tonight because they are all dead in the water due to Bush’s war. It sounds like Ron Paul...

(image) The shit seems to have blown up this week in Washington over Iraq. George Bush made the dumbest move he could have made when he rejected the Democrats...

(image) OK. Ultimately this is sort of inconsequential, but I’m kind of into it anyway. Some Fox News reporter asked former Massachusetts Governor and...

(image) Somebody had better get on the ball with some counterbalancing chipper news quick, because things are starting to heat up over in the old Eastern...

(image) People don’t say, “Happy Loyalty Day” as much as they should anymore. It’s a big day, an important day for our country. In my house Loyalty...

(image) Four years ago today George Bush declared the Iraq War over. Fortunately I don't have to write anything, I'll just use their words. President...

(image) Volume 7 of the FTR series in which he puts the word "fuck" in front of a presidential candidate's name. At one point in time I was...

(image) The professional kind of "bush." If you catch my drift*. Personally, I love hookers too. I’ve never used one (No, really! I haven’t!)...

(image) The evil fascist Mormon monster is raising its Joseph Smithian head again. The tale involves BYU, Sweet Dick Cheney, a protest and some ugly Provo...

(image) As many of you know, America is dangerously close to falling into violent anarchy. The reason is obvious: Television. The violence that is beamed...

(image) In an effort to force feed the president and show him what his country actually wants the house has sent a bill calling for troop withdrawals to...

(image) Oral arguments concerning a key feature of the election reform law known as “McCain-Feingold” were held this week at the Supreme Court. McCain-Feingold,...

(image) The Hatch Act is a New Deal-era federal law that was initially passed to help stem the spread of communism and patronage within the federal government.

(image) It is no fun when you are shipped out to Iraq and have to deal with the constant danger and nightmarish surroundings. It is awful, but one Lieutenant-Colonel...

(image) This doesn’t surprise anyone, right? I mean, it certainly didn’t cause huge waves of shock and awe yesterday to hear Kevin Tillman testify in...

(image) It’s no secret that the greatest threat to our national security is wizened, old grandpa hippies. Their patchouli oil and fair trade organic milk...