This Election Puts Women in the Driver’s Seat

This Election Puts Women in the Driver’s Seat

Let’s be clear. As the majority of the population, the majority of registered voters, and the majority of those who actually show up at the polls, women can determine the outcome of any election. In a year when abortion restrictions were piled on at the state...
Perry Hams It Up

Perry Hams It Up

Lawyers will tell you that any good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, meet that ham sandwich: Governor Rick Perry. He’s a real ham — only not as smart. A Texas grand jury indicted Perry, charging the Republican with official...
Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot

Solar Power Gets Hot, Hot, Hot

With so many homeowners and businesses making greener energy choices, private utilities — along with big oil, gas, coal, and nuclear companies — see the writing on the wall. Unlike some other denizens of the fossil-fueled set, this gang isn’t beating oil wells...
Perry Imperils His Own Roadshow

Perry Imperils His Own Roadshow

Gosh, the 2016 primaries are a long way off, but look out: Here comes Texas Governor Rick Perry — riding his state’s taxpayer dollars into another GOP presidential bid. Technically, he’s not campaigning. Yet he’s popping up from New York to...
The NRA’s Accidental Brush with Sanity

The NRA’s Accidental Brush with Sanity

Whoa, that was close. The National Rifle Association nearly shot itself in the foot recently with a common-sense editorial it posted online. The group of rootin’-tootin,’ bullet-spittin,’ doctrinaire, guns-everywhere extremists finally saw something...