I must confess I was concerned when I heard the funeral was going to be covered live using a pool feed. I was concerned that the media would make a spectacle of this. I was concerned that the media would make a caricature of her church, one that is similar to the one my wife […]

At first when this story broke I was just happy that another Pharisee was exposed. I thought that many would see these types of “conservatives” for exactly what they are, blowhards with no character. They just spew hate as a sport and use the spoils to cash in. I am beginning however to get extremely […]

I received this wonderful tribute to Whitney Houston by email and thought it would be great to share. We have lost a wonderful voice. Inasmuch as Whitney had problems, her body of work will with us forever. I know that I will continue to enjoy her songs, mostly the early ones. I will choose to […]

UPDATE: There is now video of Michael Berry in the Gay Club at the bar and going/leaving the bathroom. This is a shocker. Well it really isn’t. My question is giving his disdain for “gays” and others, what was he doing at the gay club? Seem like those who attack others lifestyles seem to be […]

The oil companies are at it again. Let me be clear, oil prices have nothing to do with the supply/demand model. It is driven by several cartels and commodity price manipulations. The new rise in prices can be attributed to the continual greed of these companies as well as the specific intent to defeat President […]

As the deadline nears for health insurance companies to return nearly $1.4 billion to consumers for wasting our money, the lobbyists have moved in to stop it. Two bills have surfaced in Congress to undermine our rebates, putting most of the money we deserve right back into insurance company pockets! We’re not going to let […]

Most Americans agree with the President’s "Buffett Rule" — the simple idea that millionaires shouldn’t pay lower taxes than middle-class families. But Republicans in Congress are attacking ANY tax increases on millionaires and corporate special interests. We need an economy that works for everyone and leaders who’ve got their priorities straight. Our national budget should […]

The following is the letter submitted to the Senate Banking Committee calling for a hearing looking at corporate governance solutions to Citizens United. It is a collaborative letter with signatories that includes Public Citizen’s Congress Watch & Coffee Party USA and many other organizations demanding disclosure and accountability to shareholders around corporate political spending. Many […]

While right-wing politicians and their media allies accuse the President of waging "war on religion," they’re directly undermining the values and priorities of religious groups by attacking the most vulnerable. Every day, religious groups like Catholic Charities, Habitat for Humanity, and the Salvation Army live out their faith by serving the most vulnerable families among […]

Right on cue, the right-wing media are echoing their political allies on the presidential campaign trail and in Congress — slamming the President’s new budget with the same predictable and dishonest attacks we’ve heard before. GOP STATE OF ALTERNATE REALITY: "Obama’s budget doesn’t solve our deficit — and it doesn’t cut spending enough."   REALITY: […]