The Stupak Amendment Does Not Fly...
I am aghast that the House would allow the Stupak Amendment’s attachment to the Health Care bill. I think that the Health Care bill should have gone down in flames before the Stupak Amendment before allowing its attachment to the bill. It actually takes away the rights of pro-choice women to decide whether they want to have an abortion - essentially putting a knife in the heart of Roe vs. Wade without ever referencing Roe vs. Wade! You cannot erase a 'law' from the books without an amendment to address that law. Whom are they trying to fool? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and

Turning White Men into Victims
Abby L. Ferber Scholar and Author Posted: December 11, 2008 01:08 PM I read with interest the blog by Myles Brand yesterday about the astounding lack of African-American head football coaches in intercollegiate athletics. In reading over the comments, it is telling that so many immediately focus on affirmative action. Never once did Brand mention affirmative action. How did white men suddenly become the vict

Karzai Effectively Handed 2nd Term After Abdullah Drops From Afghan Election
In my blog What the..., I predicted that a corrupt leadership in Afghanistan would lead to our losing the war there. Without a change in leadership, my prediction is ever closer to coming true.Sending additional troops into that place has only one outcome... another long Black Wall in our nation's capitol. I am not ready for that!Read the Article at HuffingtonPo

My Plan for Economic Recovery, and why it would Work
My Plan for Economic Recovery, and why it would Work As of 1995, there were fifty-one million, two hundred forty-nine thousand people in the United States over fifty years of age. Of this group, 81.6% are homeowners – forty-one million three hundred thousand homeowners. This group showed a tendency to own a similar percentage of the one hundred thirty-five million three hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred forty-five cars on the streets of America, or roughly one

Why Afghanistan is the New Viet Nam
On October 7 of 2001, the invasion of Afghanistan began