She is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and she has launched a tea-party-linked group that could test the traditional notions of political impartiality for the court.
In January, Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Inc., a non [more]
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India, a land of so many colors, added one more color yesterday when Indian politicians took a step towards making history when they voted to reserve a third of all legislative seats across the country for women.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sing [more]
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Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way bu [more]
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I'm sure you think he's a jerk or a fool, but Eric Massa's my hero for a day. I'd love to see him bring down Glenn Beck, but that ain't gonna happen. But he did stand up to The Man! Bravo Massa! [more]
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One page, headed “The Evil Empire,” pictures Obama as the Joker from Batman, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid are depicted as Cruella DeVille and Scooby Doo, respectively. [more]
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Hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers faced an end to their jobless benefits Monday, and the federal government furloughed about 2,000 employees without pay, as a result of Bunning's efforts to block legislation that would fund $10 billion in fe [more]
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) drew catcalls from conservatives Tuesday for saying that men "tend to become abusive" when out of work, but battered-women's advocates who have watched their caseloads grow as the recession took hold pointed [more]
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Gov. David Paterson of New York dropped his bid for election this afternoon, bowing to political pressure from leading Democrats amid anemic poll numbers and a new investigation into his administration's response to a domestic abuse claim against one [more]
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President Obama declared Thursday that the time for debate over health-care reform has come to an end, closing an unusual seven-hour summit with congressional leaders by sending a clear message that Democrats will move forward to pass major legislatio [more]
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a prisoner swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran.
Ahmadinejad said in interview with state TV that there were ongoing negotiations about possibly ex [more]
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The Chinese, who have been acting pompous and huffy on the global stage in recent years, are upset that Hillary Clinton has challenged them on internet censorship. Too bad. This is a good fight to have--and a very good moment to show the Chinese that [more]
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Sorry, but you'll have to read the whole thing before you know what you really think. Then tell me what I think. [more]
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