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No Choice At All

Today in Tampa, Sen. John McCain, as conservatives often do, tried to claim the "choice" mantle when describing his "health" care plan: You simply choose the insurance provider that suits you best ... The health plan you choose would be as good as any that an employer...

Way Past Time To Lock Up Guilt-By-Association Politics

Whether or not you are a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, if you are a politician interested in having your substantive arguments be heard, or if you're a citizen that wants your government responding to your needs, you'll stand against ridiculous guilt-by-association...

My Father's Eyes

This weekend, we attended a local conference for LGBT parents and families, and I spoke on a panel about interracial couples and inter-cultural families. At some point, I found myself speaking less as a gay dad and more as a Black man raising two Black sons, and...

Pentagon Propaganda Still Lurks

The Huffington Post front page headline now is "Pentagon Shelves 'Propaganda' Program, but reading the full story, it doesn't seem like it's going to be too hard for the Pentagon to pick it back up off the shelf. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the program was...

Today In Issues To Be Ignored

What pressing issues facing our country do the pundits think you don't care about today? Stateline.org: 23 states face budget gaps in '09 Like a college student fishing for stray quarters in the sofa cushions, states are tightening their belts, dipping into their...

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