Does anyone still believe we need less government? ?   Despite an unprecedented string of failures and catastrophes, it took the horrors of Katrina for many Americans finally to realize the extent of the incompetence of the Bush Administra… more »

With the first procedural vote on financial reform pending this afternoon, this survey has to be looming over Republicans. About two-thirds of Americans support stricter regulations on the way banks and other financial institutions conduct their busi… more »

A conversation between Moyers and Andrew Bacevich about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. BILL MOYERS: And what do we do? President Obama himself has said that our strategy there is not ultimately a military victory per se, but to win the hearts and m… more »

Boehner last week: Driehaus (D-OH) could be a "dead man"by Dante AtkinsWed Mar 24, 2010 at 04:10:04 PM PDT With several different Democrats receiving threats of violence and receiving protective detail after voting for the new health insurance re… more »

His new book, "Courage and Consequence," promises to "pull back the curtain on my journey to the White House and my years there." What he divulges nearly made me choke on a pretzel. That business about President George W. Bush misleading the nation abo… more »

Amid the frenzies of the holiday, another would-be terrorist attack, there occurred in Washington something many of the populace thought would never happen: Harry Reid (D-Nevada) managed to pull together the entire Democratic caucus to pass the Senate ve… more »

Watched replay in Senate of Franken snubbing Lieberman and then McCain says it was wrong. No good debate in the Senate. Krugman in today's NY Times says to Dems to go ahead and pass the flawed health bill. Says it is better than nothing and probably the… more »

Yesterday I poked my head into some of the healthcare diaries. Wow---they're a bit intense. In the first one, I lost a buttock. In the second, someone stole my shoes. In the third, I was hogtied and roasted over a spit. In the fourth, my lumbago acted up… more »