Month: December 2009

I was wondering why the Senate clerk was reading the Bernie Sanders single-payer amendment aloud on the Senate floor. Turns out, it’s more Republican obstructionism. They want to grind the wheels of the Senate to a halt to...

. BREAKING NEWS: Live! Bernie Sanders Speaking on Senate Floor. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking about the single-payer system Health Care Abroad: Taiwan. Sanders withdrew his amendment some three hours later, after 139 pages had...

I think it’s true that white progressives and black progressives live in totally different worlds and that white progressives can be kind of clueless about how their efforts at purity are not valued or appreciated by many...

For many, buying one’s first house is a major milestone, both financially and symbolically. The ownership of a home has traditionally led families towards long-term wealth, and a home is the foundation of the American...

The Mustache of Understanding has a new term. He defines online jihad recruitment as ‘Virtual Afghanistan.’ Apparently, the bad guys are no longer recruiting people to go to Chechnya, Kashmir, Iraq, and Afghanistan...