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America: Yours, Mine, and Ours (Part 1)

Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to the America that she came from, and that was the setting of her story. One of the biggest shames in the campaign...

Weekend Watchdog Wrapup

The watchdog was 2-for-3 again this week, even with the two presidential candidates (and one vice presidential candidate) in the Sunday line-up. Depending on how you look at it, that is. I didn't think it would happen, but Fox New Sunday host Chris Wallace did a...

Weekend Watchdog

The conventions are behind us, and as the balloons and confetti are swept up, it's time for for the watchdog to make its weekend rounds. The Sunday show line-up particularly interesting this week, both because of the names you see and the names you don't see.  At...

Support the Employee Free Choice Act

Sign the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act, and make America work for working families again. Labor Day is here, yet working families in America are having more trouble than ever before making ends meet. Rising fuel and food prices, along with health...

Weekend Watchdog Wrapup

It looks like another 0-for-3 weekend for the watchdog, even with an opportunity to ask two questions of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. There was one tantalizing moment on NBC's Meet the Press, when host David Gregory pressed Sec. Rice on the U.S. role in...

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