ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Money talks, you know. Especially to the wingnuts. They are trying to paint Dean as an extremist who has no real support among Democrats. ...

This time he truly has surpassed himself in silliness. He has written a column about his outrage over not having been treated like the Very...

She was a very interesting woman, a prodigy who spoke several languages, wrote philosophical and religious theses, painted portraits and mad...

This is from Rep. Louise Slaughter : Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, and ...

Today's Action comes from the Campaign for America's Future: Beneath the incomprehensive federal budget numbers -- a $2.57 trillion ...

This is a topic in which I have zero interest, so it's good for me to try to write on it. I feel sorry for Charles. It must be hard to...

I like Howard Dean, actually, even when I don't agree with his views. It's because he seems to be a real human being, not some sort...

This is about something different than being gay or lesbian; it is about scientific beliefs: It looks like it's time to add one more spe...

I'm guest blogging on Alas, A Blog this week. If you are interested in more theoretical musings by me, check this one out . But I...

It seems that much more was known about the threat that bin Laden posed than has so far been admitted by the administration: In the ...

I recently received one of those. The caller wanted to know if I would suck his cock like a whore. Which immediately made me wonder how ...

I wrote this peace when I was at most thirteen. You might get a kick out of it. At night the stars strip off their foggy wraps, the ...

He has deigned to give a few carefully formed comments on the hullabaloo that ensued from the careless statements of Lawrence Summers, th...

I received this in an e-mail from Slaughter's staff today. A delectable snippet: And just this morning we have learned that ...

(This is one that I feel a little ambivalent about, for reasons that have to do with the history of handing pacifists white feathers when ...

This is Brian Williams , NBC's new news anchor: While Fox News Channel remains the favorite network of Republican lawmakers, NBC...

Oregon is getting tough on these women : The Deschutes County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against three women, a...

According to this article , a U.S. Army specialist was demoted to private first class and received a cut in pay because she had participat...

She just broke the world record in single-handed sailing around the world. She completed the trip in 71 days and less than 13 hours. Sh...