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Wall Street can't be drunk forever, so how much should a president know about economics?

"Wall Street is drunk." - George W. Bush, alcoholicI'm not quite sure if that is the smartest thing Bush has...

Robert Novak Cited For Hitting D.C. Pedestrian And Driving Away -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyse

by Kathy & Tony PeyserThe geezer columnist was in his CorvetteNot age-appropriate but it sure is gnarly

John McCain's Crack-up. It Can Only Get Worse by November.

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

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I witnessed five abortions today

I am a patient advocate with Planned Parenthood. It is my job to calm a patient waiting for her abortion...

Slowpoke Comic: "McCain, Viagra, and the Pill"

Double Double Talk Talk: Chipping Away At Reproductive Rights

It seems the Bush administration has developed an exit strategy -- unfortunately the target is right here on our home...

Rick Warren And The New Evangelism: Won't Be Fooled Again?

In light of Rick Warren's upcoming conversations with John McCain and Barack Obama at his Saddleback Church, and Pastordan's discussion......

The Religious Right's Early Matriarch

Sinclair Lewis wrote the novel, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE.  The classic was a story based on the life of Elizabeth......

Short Takes

J-Street:  Who is Pastor John Hagee? New York Times: Lieberman Sings Hagee's Praises. (Here is the full text.) TFN Insider:......

US Female Soldiers Speak Out Against Sexual Assault

With over 190,000 women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, female soldiers have brought sexual assault in the military to the...

Study Reports on Viagra for Women

A new study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Viagra, usually...

Northern Ireland Proposes Abortion Rights Amendment

Members of Parliament (MPs) in Northern Ireland have proposed an amendment to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill that would...

Spy State

"It's a free country."

How often do you hear someone say that phrase? Or, does this lyric ring a bell:...

McCain's Last Issue

During the week of July 20th, Barack Obama visited Afghanistan, Iraq, and several other countries, strengthening his claim to be...

O'Reilly Wants Proof That FoxNews Is Racist: Read Your Own Columns, Bill

Yesterday on his Radio Factor, Bill O'Reilly tried as hard as he could to come up with something that proved...

Dobson may back McCain because "he seems to understand the Muslim threat"

In his July 21 podcast, Focus on the Family founder and chairman James Dobson revealed his "moral dilemma" about the...

MSNBC's Witt did not note McCain falsehoods in Anbar statement or in later campaign statement purpor

MSNBC Live anchor Alex Witt uncritically repeated a July 23 statement made by McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds in response...

Toobin: "[I]f there is one public figure in America who has gotten better press over the years

On the July 23 edition of Imus in the Morning, host Don Imus asked CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin: "What...

OPINION: Breastfeeding Not for You? Sisters, Listen Up

World Breastfeeding Awareness Week is coming up in August and Aisha Qaasim flags the need for stronger cultural support in...

FEATURE: Female V.P.s Leave Hillary Loyalists Cold

In both parties, women's names are flooding vice presidential candidate discussions like never before. But that's whetting little interest among...

FEATURE: Women's Book Prizes Fire Up Literary Canon

Literary prizes for women continue to stir controversy about the benefit of putting a female prefix in front of a...

Building A Better Frame: Reproductive Rights In the Media

I had the pleasure of putting together and moderating a panel at this year's Netroots Nation Convention in Austin,...

Courting Reproductive Justice: 30 Years of Linda Greenhouse

As NY Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse retires, a look back on some reproductive rights cases she covered-and...

Wake Up! Conservatives Initiate Battle in Their War on Contraception

Life is full of choices. 

We choose whether to get up on time or hit the snooze button,...