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Proposition 75: False Advertisement
By: Shane Valdez

What In The Hell Can We Do About This Disaster?
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Big Hurt
By: Mary Lyon

Growing Credability Gap Of George W. Bush
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Sexy Pensions
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Republican Studios and the Barbed Wire Film Awards
By: Tony Zurlo

An Acute Washington Shortage
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Outrage Of The Week
By: Molly Ivins Syndicated Columnist

Owwie and Harriet
By: Mary Lyon

Soldiers Shouldn't Serve as Police Officers
By: Gene Gerard

Harriet Miers Nomination
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Giving The Hammer His Due
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Tom DeLay's Hissy Fit
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

It Isn’t Working, George – Kinda Like You…
By: Mary Lyon

Republicans Require Health Insurance for Immigrants Only
By: Gene C. Gerard

Another Bush Dis-Appointment
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

An American Foreign Legion
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Dear Friend Dubya
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Party Of Cain
By: Mary Lyon

After New Orleans, Will It We Or Me?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Mr. President - Got Milk?
By: Daniel Moss

Bush's 'Brownie' and the GOP Spin Machine
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

THIS, TOO, Is Homeland Security
By: Mary Lyon

Mr. President, Our Troops Are Needed at Home
By: Tony Zurlo

Not Just Politics in New Orleans
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Fighting Insurgents or Fighting Hurricane Katrina
By: Gene Gerard

Iraq, Brought Home
By: Mary Lyon

Respect For Nature
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Government's Success Stories
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

That’s Mighty Big of Ya, George
By: Mary Lyon

President Bush Has Failed to Address Outsourcing
By: Gene C. Gerard

On Second Thought, George, DON’T Talk to Cindy
By: Mary Lyon

The Patriot Act and the Rule of Law
By: Michael Hayes

Nobody Asked Me, But...
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Anchors Away
By: Mary Lyon

The Voting Rights Act and Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts
By: Gene C. Gerard

Moral Logic Of Common Sacrifice
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Consumer Confidence Decline Surprises Only the Bush Administration
By: Gene C. Gerard

The “Up-Yours” President (and his “Up-Yours” Pal)
By: Mary Lyon

Labor Problems Affect You And Me
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Federalist Society Member John Roberts
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Administration Hinders U.S. AIDS Policy
By: Gene C. Gerard

Malice in Blunderland
By: Mary Lyon

Solidarity Later
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

A Question of Standards
By: Daniel Moss

The Conservative Record of Judge John Roberts
By: Gene C. Gerard

Dangers of Globalization
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Georgie POTUS and the Half-Baked Press
By: Mary Lyon

Elephant Poop in the Living Room
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

How Dumb Do They Really Think We Are?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Republican Reality: Uncovering the Rove Cover-up
By: Rudy Baron

Leak Case 'Curiouser and Curiouser'
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Same-Sex Marriage Critics Are Misguided
By: Gene C. Gerard

Earth To George
By: Daniel Moss

Christmas In July
By: Mary Lyon

The Trouble With Deregulation
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Re-Defining Terrorism
By: Anthony Amore

Democrats Can Succeed Without the Filibuster
By: Gene C. Gerard

Whose Shared Sacrafice?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Gipper - Hillary Connection
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Making the Case for a Non-interventionist Foreign Policy
By: Michael Hayes

Personal Rights vs. Property Rights
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Obstructionist-in-Chief
By: Daniel Moss

Turkey is Not a Role Model for the Middle East
By: Gene Gerard

The See-Through President
By: Mary Lyon

Karl Rove's Crappy Tactics
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Can We Trust Perry With Our Children's Education?
By: John R. Cobarruvias

Definition Of Silence
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Follow The Money
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Slouching Toward Downing Street
By: Mary Lyon

Spreading Democracy as a Goal of American Foreign Policy: American Interventionism in Another Guise [Third in a Series]
By: Michael Hayes

Of Motherly Love And Dick Cheney
By: Daniel Moss

Downing Street Memos and the 'Mainstream Media'
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Civil Liberties Violations An American Tradition
By: Gene C. Gerard

For Whom Does Your Congressman Work?
By: Shane Valdez

Stonewall Bush: The Downing Street Memos
By: Tony Zurlo

Walter Jones Is An Honest Man
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Bush Appointees
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Howard Gives ‘Em Hell
By: Mary Lyon

The Case Against Preemptive War [Second in a Series]
By: Michael Hayes

The Economy Turned the Corner and is Headed in the Wrong Direction
By: Gene C. Gerard

An Immodest Proposal
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Hyper-Rich
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Corruption in the Prison System: The Revolving Door (Or: Where Your Tax
Dollars are Going)

By: Nicole Jeans

Juiced And Hollow
By: Daniel Moss

Grief of a Gold Star Mother

By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Nation Needs a Foreign Policy Debate — Which Only the Democrats Can Provide
[First in a Series]
By: Michael Hayes

Texas New Home Warranties: A Trick On The Public.

By: John R. Cobarruvias

The Texas Legislature
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Administration Promotes Global Conflicts by Rewarding Allies
By: Gene C. Gerard

Catapulting the Propaganda
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Thanks a Heap, George
By: Mary Lyon

Putting 2008 Behind Us
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Shut Up and Shut Down – But Maybe Not Shut Out
By: Mary Lyon

The Irony Surplus
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Duck And Cover Time
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Which Holiday Is This?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

More Whoppers of Mass Distraction
By: Mary Lyon

You Gotta Love The GOP Congress
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Cheers for Chan Chandler
By: Mary Lyon

Meanwhile, Back In Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Real Scandal of Tom Delay
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Waste Of Time
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Nobody Likes A Sore Loser
By: Shane Valdez

The Bitch-Slap
By: Mary Lyon

Attention, All Campers
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

“Appeals Court Nominee Janice Rogers Brown Merits the Filibuster”
By: Gene C. Gerard

Where The Hell Is The Outrage?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Populist Lagniappe
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Justice Sundae
By: Mary Lyon

Pope Psychology: Pay No Heed To Predictions
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Benny The Backward
By: Mary Lyon

Boulton An Amazingly Bad Choice
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Political Tourette Syndrome
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Barking Up The Wrong Tree
By: Shane Valdez

Spring Cleaning
By: Susan Vaughn

Bullies Do Not Apply
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Happy Tax Day
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Leisure Of The Theory Class
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The College of Cardinals Needs Continuing Education
By: Mary Lyon

Connecting the Dots: Energy and the Economy
By: Robert Wise

The Natural: John Edwards Six Months Later
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Passing of the Big Guy
By: Mary Lyon

Avoiding Cliches Like The Plague
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Terri Schiavo is Finally Free
By: Mary Lyon

Outrage du Jour
By: Molly Ivins Syndicated Columnist

Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Latest Crackdown to Keep America Safe
By: Susan Vaughn

Reform Or Perish
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Appeals Court Nominee Thomas B. Griffith is a Poor Choice
By: Gene C. Gerard

Schiavo: Who Should Decide?
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Invasion of the Body-Snatchers
By: Mary Lyon

The "Big Tent" of the Democrats
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

DeLay an Un-Texas Pol
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

President Bush’s Use of Pardons Isn’t Very Compassionate
By: Gene C. Gerard

It’s Piratize, Not Privatize
By: Mary Lyon

Calling All Right-Wing-Nuts
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Appointment a Joke
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

E.P.A. Nominee Supports Testing of Chemicals on Human Subjects
By: Gene C. Gerard

Rather Ridiculous
By: Mary Lyon

Byrd's Message Lost On Right-Wing Bloggers
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Number One? Not Even Close
By: Susan Vaughn

Messing With Social Security
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Horribly Gross Bankruptcy Bill
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Military Policy on Gays is Costly and Dangerous
By: Gene C. Gerard

Putting The Social Back In The Social Security Debate
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

SATIRE: Gay Old Time(rs)
By: Jeanne-Marie Baron

Mandating Parental Consent For Abortions
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Loose Gannon
By: Mary Lyon

Clear Choice of Moral Values
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Nationalism, Islam, Republicanism and Class Warfare
By: Stephen Crockett

Where Is The Outrage?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Why Moderate Democrats Need Howard Dean
By: Max Burns

Who Gets Screwed
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

W.R. Grace & Company
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Viagra Falls
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

I’m Screaming, Too
By: Mary Lyon

Doctrine for Democracy
By: Shane Valdez

Snakebitten
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Accounts-Formerly-Known-As-Private
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Cheap Shot Smear
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

A New Public Philosophy for the Democratic Party
By: Michael Hayes

Social Insecurity
By: Mary Lyon

Rhetoric Doesn't Match Reality
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

A Vote for Mail-In Voting
By: Susan Vaughn

Here's Hoping
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Intolerant Democrats Finally Waking Up
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Contradicta’s Rise
By: Mary Lyon

Changing Language On Social Security
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Questioning Bush's Second Inaugural Address
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Going to the Dogs with George
By: Mary Lyon

The John Kerry I Never Knew
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Rice's Alternative Reality
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Cheez
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Walk, Don't Run
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Getting My Money’s Worth Out of Armstrong Williams
By: Mary Lyon

The Religious Wrong: How Conservative Christians Fail at Ethics
By: Sharon Isikoff

Indiana Governor Daniels Shows His Partisan Stripes
By: Max Burns

Is The Vietnam Service The Political Kiss of Death
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Slicker Than Bus Station Chili
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Prior-roarities on Social Security
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Happy Squanderer
By: Mary Lyon

Oh Boy!
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

If You Can't Vote For Him, Don't Work For Him
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

That Two-Faced Time
By: Mary Lyon

Baseball in Washington; Good News for Country
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

All I Want for Christmas Is to Fire Donald Rumsfeld
By: Mary Lyon

"Best Trained Best Equipped" -- Baloney!
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Our Destiny, Our Duty
By: Shane Valdez

Reality-Based Community
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Animals Don't Vote
By: Alexander Cockburn

Feeling Any Safer?
By: Mary Lyon

Phony Debate On Social Security
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Friendly Advise For The Democrats
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

My Breakfast with Michael (Moore)
By: Mary Lyon

American Torture
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

A Question of Morality
By: Shane Valdez

Goody, Goody, Gumdrop
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Missouri Compromise
By: Max Burns

In Praise of Coping Mechanisms
By: Mary Lyon

Missing Ross Perot
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Flying Under The Media Radar
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Losin’ My Religion
By: Mary Lyon

Save Room for Pumpkin Pie
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush's Buddy Osama
By: Patrick F. Morris

Nobody Asked Me, But...
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

DeLay's 'Republican Ethics'
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Partisan Purge
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Colin-ectomy
By: Mary Lyon

Liberalworld vs. Jesusland
By: Melinda McLellan

The Value Deficits
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Awwww, Ashcroft!
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans
By: Nancy Stewart

Olive Branches and Brickbats
By: Mary Lyon

The Democrats' Dilemma
By: Michelle Ress

What Is to Be Done?
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Don't Emigrate Yet!
By: Denise Coleman

Moral Values
By: Susan Vaughn

Nothing As It Seems
By: Michael Dobbins

The Democrats' Melancholy Trip
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Chicken Killin' Dog
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Suffering Fools
By: Rudy & Jeanne-Marie Baron

Vote!
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Fish Gotta Swim; Birds Gotta Fly; "Pundits" Gotta Predict Elections
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

John Kerry
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Campaign is Full of Qa Qaa
By: Rudy and Jeanne-Marie Baron

The Human Heart Hangs to the LEFT
By: Mary Lyon

Wolves, Right-Wing Media and Republican Groupthink
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Keeping a Dream Alive
By: Shane Valdez

Red Sox, Yankees and John Kerry
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Falafel Truth – Or Why We Should Thank Bill O’Reilly
By: Mary Lyon

With Bush, It's the Little Things
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Losers Make Excuses
By: Mark Shields

The Human Touch
By: Mary Lyon

Sinclair's Creeping Fascism
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Thinks We're Stupid
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Don't Bark at Me, Mr. Bush
By: Mary Lyon

Ignore the Point Spread
By: Mark Shields/Syndicated Columnist

He Coulda Been a Contenda
By: Mary Lyon

Gallup Polls- Conditioning for Vote Rigging?
By: Stephen Crockett & Al Lawrence

'Hard Work'
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush Campaign's Total Contempt for 'People of Faith'
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Debate Shows Kerry Better Prepared to Lead
By: Jared Cram

Kerrying the John and George Show
By: Mary Lyon

The Other Stuff
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Twilight Zone of Wonderland
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Debate This
By: Mary Lyon

Values Politics
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Perverted Patriotism
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Letter From a Non-Swing State
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Worth Dying For
By: Shane Valdez

Dan Rather Got His Necklace
By: Mary Lyon

Tax Deferred
By: Brian Hannan

Leader of the Free World
By: Brandon Ericsson

Chaos in Iraq
By: Ron Paquette

The Media is Undermining His Campaign, Not John Kerry
By: Scott Harris

Rules For Predicting The Bush-Kerry Outcome
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Ignorance and Condemnation In Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Pulling the Wolves Over Their Eyes
By: Mary Lyon

Speaking Out Isn't 'Girlie'
By: Jared Cram

Shrinking Media Coverage of Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Ben Barnes
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Kerry Over? Not
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Tommy the Cork
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

And So It Goes ...
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Short-Sheeting the American Bed
By: Mary Lyon

The Importance of Voting Democratic
By: Brandon Ericsson

9/11 Happened on Bush's Watch
By: John Cobarruvias

Deja Vu Democrats
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Unmitigated Gall
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Another Record
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Republican Priorities - Wal-Mart Reveals, New York Conceals
By: Stephen Crockett and Al Lawrence

The Elephant Has Two Faces
By: Mary Lyon

Satire: Renegade Republicans Revolt
By: Tony Zurlo

Tom 'The Hammer' DeLay Gets Nailed. Again.
By: John Cobarruvias

New York -- Convention Wisdom
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Swift Boat Veterans for Humongous Lies
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

An Early Labor Day Surprise
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Swift Boat Swifties
By: Mary Lyon

The Reality of Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

And Here I Thought Robert Novak Was Full of It…
By: Mary Lyon

Alarming The Public
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Anybody Out There Feeling Proud Yet?

By: Mary Lyon

Our Most Important Neighbors To The North
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

What Did You Do In The Not-So-Great War?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Don't Blame The Victim
By: Robert Flynn

Getting Kerry’d Away
By: Mary Lyon

Inequality Matters
By: Susan Vaughn

The Speech from 'Ground Zero'
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

The Heart and Soul of Patriotism
By: Tony Zurlo

Boston Makes GOP's Job in New York A Lot Tougher
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Charm of Teresa Kerry
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

I Thought I Liked Teresa Heinz Kerry. I Was Wrong
By: Mary Lyon

A Wonderful Time in Boston
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Wooden Man
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

The Most Important Speech of John Kerry's Life
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Why You Can't Blame Bush ... For Anything
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Why I Believed George W. Bush Was The Pope
By: Robert Flynn

I Don’t Think We’re on Planet Big-Shot Anymore
By: Mary Lyon

Let Me Count The Reasons
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

Unconventional Wisdom
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Attack of the Airborne Eggs
By: Mary Lyon

Ten Reasons Conservatives Love George W. Bush
By: Peggy Butler

Bill Clinton's Book
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Ain't It Funny
By: Patrick F. Morris

John Edwards - Favorite of the Press Bus
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The Myth of George Bush's Tort Reform
By: John R. Cobarruvias

Iraq and 9-11
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Cheney is a Four-Letter Word
By: Mary Lyon

Happy Birthday, America!
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Giving The 'Devil' His Due
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

The New Monicas
By: Mary Lyon

View From the Other 'Ground Zero'
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

Walk The Walk
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

An Administration in Denial
By: Patrick F. Morris

Bush's Credibility Crisis
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Voting Machine Situation
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

More Big Shoes
By: Mary Lyon

Lying With A Straight Face
By: Molly Ivans / Syndicated Columnist

Oil and Gas: Facing the Music Before it Stops
By: Robert Wise

Nancy Reagan’s Redemption
By: Mary Lyon

Comfort From President Bush
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Sympathy of Ronald Reagan
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Whatever Happened to the Constitution?
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Keeping Up With Cynicism
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Reagan Reflux Disease
By Mary Lyon

Honor Your Father and Mother!
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Grandma Millie
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Why is Judith Miller Still Working?
By: Mary Lyon

A Big Payday
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Catholic Contradictions and Politics 2004
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Still No Plan
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Nosedive
By: Mary Lyon

Robert Collins Remembers World War Two
By: Mark Shields/ Syndicated Columnist

Why Abu Ghraib Is Still Important
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Some Notes on Presidential Leadership
By: Tony Zurlo

Kerry Wins Election in Dream Shocker!
By: Peggy Butler

Our Basic Problem in Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Who Represents the Real America? John McCain or Jim Inhofe
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

A Long Overdue Debate
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

"Fraternity Hazing"
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Reality in Iraq
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Catholic Campaign of 2004
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Sinners of Texas, Unite!
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Marching for Choice

By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Missing Mary
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

You, Too, Can Be A Prophet, A Sage and A Seer/How To Predict The 2004 Election
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Turtle on a Fence Post
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Case of Incurious George and Doctor Do-Little
By: Mary Lyon

Women of America
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Pennsylvania Swing Voters Like Geroge W. Bush But Not His War
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Bush's Primetime Press Conference
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

"Historical Memo"
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Time For Apologies
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Teachers Teach DeLay a Lesson
By: John R. Cobarruvias

Maybe our Leaders Really Should be Intelligent
By: Richard Maurer

Tom DeLay's Legal Defense
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Faking Democracy - Americans Don't Vote, Machines Do, & Ballot Printers Can't Fix That
By: Lynn Landes

Take Your Child to Work Day
By: Mary Lyon

Why Do You Want To Be President, John Kerry?
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Iraq: What a Mess
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Strange Peaches
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

O Karl Rove
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Contradicta Rice
By: Mary Lyon

The Bush Administration: Truly Proactive?
By: Richard Maurer

Kerry's Vice Presidential Choice -- Gut Check Time
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

An April Fool's Joke?
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Richard Clarke Is A Hero
By: Mary Lyon

The Campaign Up To Now
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

An Elegant Start
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Uh, Funny You Should Mention That, Dick.
By Mary Lyon

More Fun for Bush
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Martha, Martha, Martha.
By Mary Lyon

A National Unity Ticket; the Case for John McCain for Vice President
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

Democratic Aristocrats and Blue Collar Republicans
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Swell Time in Texas
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Bush's Bait and Switch
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Murtha's Law
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Preemption Doctrine Part II: The New Neocon Agenda to Squash Neolibs’ Domestic Terrorism

By: Tony Zurlo

The Diary of a Political Neophyte
By: Mickey Isikoff

Hoping for the Best in Haiti
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Down the Rabbit Hole - Again
By: Mary Lyon

Timeless Wisdom of Mr. Dooley
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

Delights On Our Political Plate
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

"Earth to Tom" or "Lost in Space"
By: John Cobarruvias

Campaign 2004: A Consumer's Guide
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

A Close Race
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

In Search of W
By: Mary Lyon

Labor Pains
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Friends of Liberty, Raise Hell!
By: Molly Ivins/ Syndicated Columnist

No, We Weren't 'All Wrong'
By: Molly Ivins/ Syndicated Columnist

The Loyal Opposition: True Patriots
By: Tony Zurlo

George W. Bush, Giant "Pander-Bear"
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Bush's Desolate Imperium

By: Bernard Chazelle

Across the Pond
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

There MUST Be a Pony
By: Mary Lyon

He Said What?
By: Mary Lyon

Democrats' Memo
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Democrats Owe Howard Dean A Large Debt
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

Iowa Results
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

My Fellow Americans
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Envelope, Please
By: Mark Shields / Syndicated Columnist

My Favorite Bushism
By: Molly Ivins / Syndicated Columnist

The Old Bracero Program
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Grand Old Hypocrites Slam MoveOn.org
By: Andy Baker

Howard Dean, Giving The "Devil" His Due
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

A Navyman's Look At Wesley Clark
By: Albert M. Forget

The Law is an Ass
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Behind, Breathless and Late
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

John Kerry for President
By: Aaron Loyd

Why I Choose Wesley Clark

By Dr. Mickey Isikoff

The Lord Impersonator

By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

A Little Perspective, Please!
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Toledo Voters Like Dean, But They're Not Sold Yet
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Open Letter To Supporters of Senators Edwards, Kerry, and Lieberman, and
Congressman Gephardt
By: Dr. Mickey Isikoff

Telling Off the French, Germans and Russians
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Holiday Gifts
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Can You Still Like George W. Bush and Not Vote For Him?
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Rolling Back Mercury Regulation
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Corrupt Corporate Culture
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Medicare Reform and the Prescription Drug Plan - What Are the Real Issues?

By: Debby Painter
- co-founder of borg_aw

America's Senator
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Howard Dean's a Winner
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Irresponsible, Unreliable, Undependable Congress
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

The Inevitable Vice Presidential Nominee
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Freedom is Beautiful
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Two Huge, Horrible Bills
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Strange Bedfellows Make Real Politics: The AARP and The GOP
By: Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist

Fish Rots from the Head Down
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Sins of Omission
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

America: Land of the Free. Home of the Silent
By: John Cobarruvias

Bugging Out of Iraq
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Dean Tries for In-Roads in the South
By: Zoltan Boka

Keeping Up With Cynicism
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Operation Mission Creep
By: John Covington

"Questioning the President"
By: Brandon Ericsson

What A Great Country
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

What Were They Thinking?
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Politics and Public Relations
By: Molly Ivins - Syndicated Columnist

Conspiracy of Silence
By John Kasper, Singer/Songwriter

Innocence Protection Act Not a Cure-all for Wrongful Convictions
By E.E. "Bo" Edwards, President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Fact-Checking the Patriot Act
By Laura W. Murphy, Director, ACLU Washington National Office

Iraq War: Worst Decision of Bush’s Presidency
By Michael John Dobbins

Still Not Fit to Judge
By Ralph G. Neas, President, People For the American Way

Democrats and Demographics: A Cautionary Note from Texas
By Richard Murray, Ph.D., Director, University of Houston Center for Public Policy

African Americans Should Support General Wesley Clark
By Regina A. Mullen, Director, African Americans for Democratic Leadership

The Texas Redistricting Quagmire
By Texas State Senator Royce West

United States Owes France and Germany an Apology
By John Hawley

Bush Administration Must Swallow Pride on Iraq
By Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)

Texas Senators Defend Democracy
By Congressman Martin Frost (D-TX)

Congress Must Pass Targeted Electric Reliability Legislation Now
By Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI)

Stop the Costly Republican Recall
By: California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres

Oppose the Recall; Support Bustamante
By Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Fighting to Ensure the Future of Medicare
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

How Tyranny Begins
By Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Editorial:

'Swiftboat Veterans' Should Release Military Records
A disturbing revelation about one of John Kerry's major critics from the partisan group "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" leads us to call for the group's members to publically release their military records. This is not a call we make lightly. Miltary records often contain personal information and the press and public should respect the privacy rights of American veterans. But the Swiftboat Veterans group has injected itself squarely into this election by running political attack ads against presidential candidate Kerry, publishing an anti-Kerry book entitled "Unfit for Command" and barnstorming the media circuit in an attempt to destroy Kerry's image as a decorated war hero. Now it appears from military records that one of the group's key members may have lied about Kerry's service in Vietnam.

States, Consumers Could Save a Bundle by Importing Canadian Drugs
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) is among a growing chorus of leaders who recognize that consumers and government entities could save a bundle of money by importing prescription drugs from Canada. Blagojevich has released an analysis that shows his state could save $91 million a year by purchasing prescription medications north of the border. According to the Congressional Budget Office, legalizing the importation of drugs from Canada and Europe could cut drug spending $40 billion over the next decade, including $4.5 billion in savings for the federal government. The only question is, to what lengths will the Bush administration – backed by contributors from the pharmaceutical industry – go to deny health and cost-saving benefits to those who rely on prescription medication?

Before You Rush Off
Before the Rush Limbaugh discussion turns from the right-wing broadcaster’s ESPN fiasco to questions about his personal hypocrisy and alleged drug abuse, we have this to say about the football dust-up. Limbaugh ran into trouble because he knows embarrassingly little about football and apparently took the job to advance his right-wing agenda. It was only a matter of time before those two facts converged to expose the truth about “El Rushbo.”

California Recall: What Would Happen If ...
No one is really talking about it. But there is a strange fascination that some Californians must have toward the prospect of electing an unqualified, untested weightlifter-turned-Hollywood action star to run the nation’s largest state. It is the feeling that draws one inexplicably toward the edge of Niagara Falls or the guardrail of an elevated bridge. As in, “what would happen if ... I relinquished my sensibility and did something for no other reason than to see what might happen?”

Justice Department Must Investigate White House for Exposing CIA Operative
The Central Intelligence Agency has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations that the White House broke federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover operatives. The CIA has concluded that the White House leaked the name of the female operative to a newspaper columnist, in apparent retaliation against the CIA operative’s husband. Attorney General John Ashcroft must put his Bush and Republican loyalties aside and immediately order a full-scale investigation into the CIA’s allegation. If true, it would mean that one or more White House officials broke federal law, risked national security, and possibly jeopardized the life of a CIA employee.

Ninth Circuit Decision Will Not End Controversy
The Ninth Circuit Court's en banc reversal of its original, three-judge decision to postpone the California recall election will not end the controversy surrounding punch-card ballots or voter disenfranchisement. That is why, despite the understandable fatigue that Californians must now feel toward the recall process, the plaintiffs in the Ninth Circuit case should have appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

California Recall Appeal Correctly Decided
Conservative power-grabbers have been quick to criticize the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling to delay the California recall election. They have denounced the ruling (ironically enough) as a disruption of the democratic process. But an examination of the court’s opinion shows that it was well-reasoned and legally correct.

U.S. Must Seek Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq
The bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, the near daily attacks on Iraq’s oil and water lines, and the “low intensity” guerilla campaign that terrorists continue to wage (primarily) against the American military, all serve as poignant reminders that the Bush Administration’s go-it-alone strategy for rebuilding Iraq is faltering. The Administration should recognize its mistake and immediately seek greater United Nations involvement in the rebuilding process.

Rallying for the Texas 11
Democrats across the country must rally around the 11 Texas state senators who are holed up in a downtown Marriott in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If Texas Republicans succeed in crushing minority resistance against their Congressional redistricting plan, G.O.P. partisans in Washington may soon be taking their cue from the Lone Star State.

 
 
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