One of the lessons of Vietnam," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., "is if you are going to send American forces into harm's way, you don't do it in a limited way. You don't do it tying hands behind your back ahead of time. You don't ask people to give their lives for something less than the prospect of success." ...more

November 8, 2009

Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its "Person of the Year." ...more

December 20, 2008

Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its "Person of the Year." ...more

December 19, 2008

Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is stepping down from his cherished post as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. ...more

November 8, 2008

Few documents changed the world more than the Constitution of the United States. Prior to the United States' Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Constitution, people had for centuries lived in countries without personal rights and without a democratic form of government. All that changed when the Constitutional Convention adopted the United States Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, in Philadelphia. ...more

September 14, 2008

Other than Walmart, politics is the only arena where old people get all the jobs. But the Democratic National Committee set a goal this year to have 10 percent of its elected delegates be young, which the party defines as 35 or under. I'm guessing they define old as Robert Byrd's parents. ...more

September 3, 2008

Putting a market price on emissions of greenhouse gases will have to wait for a new year, a new president and a new plan. ...more

June 9, 2008

Let's declare Hillary Clinton the president of West Virginia and get on with life. ...more

May 18, 2008

Deal With The Devil Ever notice how tight people accuse you of being tight because you don't share everything with them? ...more

January 15, 2008

Here We Go Again Here we go again, another Dallas Dunlap diatribe. Irrationality and confusion are typical right-wing traits, and John Boyle exemplifies both. ...more

December 19, 2007