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Mickey Mouse Dealnew

The Veterans Affairs spends a hefty sum to hire Disney to train staffers.

Tucson Weekly | Tim Vanderpool | 06-10-2011 | Politics

Tags: Veterans Administration, Jean Schaefer, Tucson VA

The Patriot Act is Not Conservativenew

Giving the government unprecedented power is the antithesis of conservatism.

Charleston City Paper | Jack Hunter | 06-09-2011 | Commentary

Tags: Patriot Act, Harry Reid

Rick Perry for President? Let's Hope Notnew

Before folks outside Texas (which is still a state, although Perry has threatened secession) get too excited about the notion of our own Goodhair getting to the White House, heed this warning from the Lone Star State.

San Antonio Current | Vince Leibowitz | 06-09-2011 | Elections

Tags: Texas, GOP, Elections, Rick Perry

John Edwards Indicted on Six Felony Countsnew

A federal grand jury indicted former senator and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards last week on six felony counts.

YES! Weekly | Keith T. Barber | 06-08-2011 | Politics

Being, Nothingness and Anthony Weiner

Aside from the obvious pleasure that we derive from wallowing in salacious revelations about the rich and powerful, this week's Weiner sexting controversy provides a window into American morals. Namely: what is wrong, what is right, and what if anything should be done about it?

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 06-08-2011 | Commentary

Tags: Sexting, Anthony Weiner

Teddy Roosevelt Saw This Coming

Why did our political system become so corrupt and unresponsive? How did we end up with such a rigid, Old European-style class system—in which you can't get ahead unless you were born that way? One hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt saw this coming.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 06-02-2011 | Commentary

Tags: History, haiti, presidential history, theodore roosevelt

Israel and the Rightnew

An ideologically confused GOP reacts to Obama's Middle East comments.

Charleston City Paper | Jack Hunter | 06-01-2011 | Commentary

The Republican Creednew

A license for greed and irresponsibility.

Charleston City Paper | Will Moredock | 06-01-2011 | Commentary

Tags: GOP, Republicans

Bashing Oakland Mayor Quannew

The honeymoon with Her Honor appears to be over, at least with some Oakland city councilmembers.

East Bay Express | Robert Gammon | 05-26-2011 | Politics

Tags: Jerry Brown, Jean Quan

Peoples Guide to Redistricting in Guilford County, N.C.new

Redrawing the political district boundaries for the Guilford County Commission is potentially more complicated than it was with the Greensboro City Council, where that board approved a partisan gerrymandered map and then rescinded it after constituents responded with outrage.

YES! Weekly | Jordan Green | 05-26-2011 | Elections

America's Moral Declinenew

The degradation of cherished American values crosses party lines.

Charleston City Paper | Jack Hunter | 05-25-2011 | Commentary

The Evil of Two Lessers

They tell us we get the government we deserve. No we don't. Not with a two-party system. We ought to get rid of this phony two-party "democracy." Someday we will. Until then, let's ignore it.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 05-23-2011 | Elections

Tags: democrats, republicans, Elections, Electoral College, two-party system