Legalizers One Step Closer To Ballot Box
Jan 30, 2010 Opinion
The march to full legalization for marijuana in California took another giant step for man kine this week as organizers turned in what they said were more than enough signatures to qualify their pro-pot measure for the November ballot.
March of the Peacocks
Jan 30, 2010 Opinion
Our budget problems won’t be solved with gimmicks like a temporary freeze in non-defense discretionary spending.
Jon Stewart: Chris Matthews 1 Scotch Away from Ron Burgundy
Jan 30, 2010 Opinion
The Daily Show covers The State of the Union, the GOP response and the media coverage.
Pentagon Report Calls for Office of ‘Strategic Deception’
Jan 30, 2010 Opinion
The Defense Department needs to get better at lying and fooling people about its intentions. That’s the conclusion from an influential Pentagon panel.
Obama’s Speech: The Dream Deferred
Jan 30, 2010 Opinion
Obama used bipartisan appeals to help sell liberal causes. But he seemed to abandon some of his most important fights.
Hiding Edwards’ Mistress Cost $1 Million
Jan 30, 2010 Politics
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., got wealthy benefactors to kick in at least $1 million to hide his pregnant mistress from the world, a former aide says.
Cameras Roll As Obama Schools GOP
Jan 30, 2010 Politics
For roughly an hour and a half, Obama lectured GOP leaders and, in a protracted, nationally-televised question-and-answer session, deflected their policy critiques, corrected their misstatements and scolded them for playing petty politics. So effective was the president that Fox News cut away from the broadcast 20 minutes before it ended.
Scott Roeder convicted of first degree murder
Jan 30, 2010 Politics
A Kansas jury deliberated just minutes before announcing it reached a verdict in the murder trial of religious terrorist Scott Roeder
Birther Queen Orly Taitz Says She’s Mulling Run For Office
Jan 30, 2010 Politics
Taitz said on her blog this week that she is considering running for state office in California, either for Attorney General or Secretary of State, so she could sue Obama for his records.
PAPER: Obama orders Justice to Move Terror Trial
Jan 30, 2010 Politics
White House officials have told the Justice Department to consider other venues for the 9/11 terror trial that was to be held in lower Manhattan, the Daily News has learned.