Lie All You Want, But Be Civil About It

I could not agree more with Greg Sargent’s take on Mark Halperin’s “indefinite suspension” from MSNBC for saying, on Morning Joe, that Pres. Obama is “kind of a dick.” I’m sorry, but this is crazy. Halperin’s crack was crude and dumb, but it doesn’t deserve...

New Texas Law Defunds Planned Parenthood

Yesterday, I wrote about Wisconsin passing a new budget that defunds Planned Parenthood. Today, I see that Texas has just passed an “omnibus health bill” that also defunds Planned Parenthood, and for good measure turns Medicaid into a block grant, which of course will mean less money and fewer...

Michele Bachmann IS a Flake, and Chris Wallace Should Not Have Apologized

Look, a candidate for President of the United States who tells audiences that the Lion King is a gay conspiracy; or that hundreds of scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, believe in intelligent design; or that Iraq looks like the Mall of America, deserves to be called a flake, and Wallace should not...

Michele Bachmann’s Flawed ‘Consistency’ on LGBT Rights

Despite Michele Bachmann’s support for New York State’s right to legalize same-sex marriage, her position on this issue is still inconsistent and illogical. Here is what she told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday (emphasis is in the original): BACHMANN: In New York state, they have passed the...

One Step Closer to A More Perfect Union

With 29 Democrats and 4 Republicans voting in favor of legalizing same sex marriage in the State of New York, the NY State Senate has just taken a huge step toward making the United States of America a more perfect union. You will likely hear many people complaining that this is was not a brave vote and that...