October 18, 2013 The crisis in Washington was always partly a story about money in politics, with big conservative donors pushing GOP lawmakers to an extr
$15 million hit for campaign reporting violations Sacramento — In a case seeking to unmask the murky multimillion-dollar trail of money pouring into st
" ... He said if the law 'hurts a bunch of lazy blacks who just want the government to give them everything, so be it.' ... ” Well, that didn’t take lo
The grassroots movement image fostered by the tea party is anything but – it was planned, nurtured and harvested by Charles and David Koch and a few of t
Growing up in the halls of First Methodist Church in Lubbock I was taught to display respect for my church and the other religions in Lubbock. I remember w
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- An advocacy group said it was frustrated by the level of influence the private oil and natural gas industry has on U.S. polic
Photo: The wealthy Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., tells "60 Minutes" about all the poor people whom he says are scamming the government. (CBS) Is it possible fo
"... This kind of scorched earth politics that runs through everything Eric Cantor and this demagogic Republican Party has done, is a disgrace. ..." Vete
The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 37, No. 1, September 14, 2013 As influential contributors to national policy, intelligence professionals inevitabl
Canada’s current embrace of Republican-style politics and economic theory has thrust us into the arms of Christian Fundamentalism September 27, 2013 TOR
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” -- Peter Thiel, April 13 2009 The Gay Billionaire Pothead Behind the Senate's New Righ
Excerpt from GOD AND THE FASCISTS; The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavileć, by Karlheinz Deschner, Prometheus Books, 2014). R
Mike Rogers, the man responsible for the outing of Congressmen Mark Foley, Larry Craig, David Dreier, and Edward Schrock — to name a few — had been fai
The man known as Bobby Thompson goes on trial in state court in Cleveland today. He faces up to 40 years in prison on charges of fraud, theft and money lau
In an excerpt from his new book Let It Shine, John Perlin reveals how one of the first actions of the new Reagan administration was to dim the lights on wh
A national “tea party” group Friday gave $20,000 to organizers of a referendum drive seeking to put Medicaid expansion on the 2014 ballot. The Tea Part
To the surprise of no one, studies have shown voter ID laws target young minority voters and other demographics who routinely vote Democratic. More surpri
LANSING — A member of the Michigan Republican State Committee is facing criminal charges in Green Bay, Wis., in connection with a March incident involvin