| May 5, 2010 | Peace / SecurityThe Huffington Post’s Dan Froomkin reports that Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Susan Collins (R-ME) balked during a hearing at supporting new legislation that would prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. Also, Froomkin noted, a “Government...
| Apr 28, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyDr. Rand Paul, son of Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul, is a leading candidate to replace Kentucky’s outgoing Republican Senator, Jim Bunning. He’s seizing on the same citizen anger that fuels the tea partiers (Sarah Palin has endorsed him), but as...
| Apr 27, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyPeeved by an April 9 letter to the editor that attacked OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul, The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, The New York Times’ Paul Krugman, and other liberal voices, Winston-Salem Journal reader Cyclone Covey weighed in on April 19...
| Apr 26, 2010 | Economy / BusinessAs Lily Tomlin has said, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” She could’ve been referring to Sen. Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans in Congress, whose cynical hypocrisy either makes you want to either...
