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Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Facts be damned, Sen. John McCain keeps mocking the idea that steps such as proper tire inflation would have more of an impact immediately on lowering gas prices than offshore drilling. "He's claiming putting air in your tires is the equivalent of new offshore...

After the Health Care for America Now coalition unveiled it's brilliant "Insurance Company Rules" video (below) -- elegantly depicting how insurance companies regularly try to make up rules as they go along to deny people coverage and benefits -- I decided to start a...

The Dell computer company just announced a milestone. It is now a carbon-neutral business. And by powering itself with clean energy, Dell is saving money. The Wall Street Journal blog Environmental Capital reports: Dell’s reliance on greater energy efficiency and...

Why is this man smiling?

Conservatives are trying very hard to sustain their coastal drilling propaganda campaign, which is difficult when you have no facts to sustain your case. They have to stay one step ahead of the fact-checkers, which means regularly concocting new lies that make...

Drew Westen and Mike Lux both have cogent and persuasive posts up that deftly explain — and raise the alarm about — the timidity that's recently settled into Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Sen. John McCain's shooting live rounds now; and, as usual, the...

Take gas prices, the most pressing issue on the minds of Americans. Offer a blatant ploy that in fact won't help — but will profit Big Oil. Pocket over a million in contributions from oil executives and use the money to put up an ad promising to take on Big Oil. Call...

Yesterday in my post on inflating tires versus coastal drilling, I noted that: "Conservatives -- lovers of childish mockery over substantive ideas -- later today are apparently planning to distribute tire gauges at an Obama energy event." Over at The Huffington Post,...

Sen. John McCain says he is (now) for coastal drilling. Today, he said Congress should abort its August recess and convene a special session to vote on drilling. "Congress should come back in session, and I'm willing to come off the campaign trail," said McCain to...