Rarely has a day gone by in the past few years where I haven't been told by someone that the Constitution of the United States of America is absolute, or that true freedom is defined in some fashion as the government not regulating our lives or our choices in any way, shape, or  …

It's comforting to know that at least some Republicans are standing up to the newly-established orthodoxy, as Daniels here shows by calling for a "truce" in the culture wars so that government can deal with the financial crises we are all facing....

The show at the Capitol yesterday sounds hysterical alright: everyone from the most ardent advocate of children's rights to the most extreme right-wing nativist! The only thing to which I can imagine comparing it is the endless array of comments at the end of the article....

Rick Scott says that he's going to focus on jobs, education, and the rule of law; but Gary Borders is running Lake County like his own personal mafia! And the governor is instead involved in promoting an Arizona SB1070-copycat bill - I guess that's his definition of rule of law!

Contrary to what I'm sure you're going to hear this weekend: Reagan was not one of our most popular presidents, both during his reign & for the first decade after it (how quickly we forget!);

A crucial reminder that myths are precisely that: halfway between fact/truth & lies/falsity! As Joan says:

At least now we know that the right-wing extremism isn't just reserved for violating the civil rights of immigrants: LGBT & DV victims are now(?) included in the list of victims of the state's culture wars.... Or as a native has put it on the comments page:

A brilliant academic piece which shows that not only will rescinding birthright citizenship create a massive new bureaucracy at a time when we need to streamline but it would deprive us of the crucial resource of young people who are paying taxes, fulfilling civil & military serv …

A rundown on the follow-ups to the Mississippi move this week....

Here come the states!

"Count to ten; & take a deep breath!"

Another brilliant piece on the rising anti-immigrant states-rights extremists being accepted into the mainstream discourse of American politics just as they are being elected into the mainstream offices of American jurisprudence (however unprudently) leaves me wondering if the Ut …

Not only does the South Carolina Farm Bureau acknowledge that we lack an adequate supply of laborers, but they are promoting the idea of actually solving the problem instead of further inflaming the passions around it for political gain!

Apparently, House Republicans are not reading the same briefs on the topic as we are....

A human embryo is not distinct in kind from a human being, but a human being at an early stage of development.We must speak for human embryonic Life as we speak for all human life.

The clock is ticking on a bill that would set requirements for the use of seclusion and restraint on public school students with disabilities and require training for employees working with disabled children.

Is it just me, or has the Tea Party remained noticeably silent on the subject of the recent Immigration law in Arizona? Where are the protests? Where are the signs referencing freedoms and individual liberties? Where are the Colonial outfits with tea bags swaying in the breez …

Kathleen Sebelius warned the insurance industry Monday not to look for loopholes in health care legislation and informed it that she will be writing regulations to ensure that the industry covers children with preexisting conditions, which some insurers insist is not a requiremen …