Government's Eternal Excuses For Abuses of Power
Snowden should have known the Washington rule: Abuse power, and you'll be protected by those with power. Expose abuse, and you're on your own.
Politics
White House: "Actively Working to Help End the Violence" in Central African Republic, US Will Send $100+ Million in Military and Humanitarian Aid
$24 million in scheduled appropriation, $101 million to "restore security," and $15 million for other humanitarian aid
Harry Reid Plans on Being Senate Majority Leader Into the 2020s, Not Ruling Out More Rules Changes
Septuagenarian running for re-election in 2016
LAPD, City Attorney Plan on Confiscating Guns From Domestic Violence Suspects
Rights abrogated without trial
The Benefits of Unregulated Pot
California's "wild west" demonstrates the domesticating power of capitalism.
White House Task Force Report on NSA Yields Praise From Washington Critics, Some Civil Liberties Advocates
Task force recommends NSA stop spying so pervasively
Prosecutors Delay Decision to Indict VA Gov. McDonnell, Wife
Accused of taking gifts illegally
Federal Judge Finally Acknowledges NSA is "Almost Orwellian"
This is the first meaningful judicial review of the agency
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wrong to Tell President Obama NSA Activities Compare to Stasi
Comparison wide off the mark
Obama to Nominate Max Baucus as Ambassador to China
Currently a Democrat senator from Montana
Poll: 37 Percent of Uninsured Believe Obamacare Will Hurt Them
32 percent of insured believe it'll hurt them, 15 percent that it'll help
Poll: 57 Percent of Americans Think War in Afghanistan Was a Mistake
Want US troops out faster than Obama is planning, still give him highest marks on foreign policy
Senate Conservatives Fund Blasts McConnell, Boehner as Public Enemies Number One
Spend-happy Republicans "hostile" to conservatives
Minnesota Obamacare Chief Resigns After Rollout Problems, Extended Vacation to Costa Rica
Left town as deadlines approached without solutions in sight
Pennsylvania Legislation Would Require Prospective Teachers to Take Drug Tests
Passed state House nearly unanimously
White House to Release Internal Report on Government Surveillance
Says it was going to wait to release the task force's recommendations in the new year
Ugly Climate Models
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can't explain the last 15 years.
Economists From Costa Rica's Social Christian Unity Party Endorse Libertarian Presidential Candidate
Say backing free markets is the only way to combat socialism and the ruling party
Former Egyptian President Morsi To Be Tried For Working With Foreign Groups
Facing the death penalty
Billie Jean King Sent to Tweak Russia's Homophobia at the Olympics
President Obama will not attend
Barbara Walters Says She Was Among Those Who Thought Obama Was "the Next Messiah"
Didn't quite work out that way
Merkel Compared the NSA to the Stasi When Speaking With Obama
The German chancellor grew up in East Germany
Sen. Mark Udall Demands CIA Study on Interrogation Techniques
Says he will not support Obama's CIA general counsel nominee if the document is not released
Paul Ryan's Republican Colleagues Say He Won't Run For President in 2016
Many believe he will be dissuaded from running because of his young family
Center for American Progress Offered Meeting With Hillary Clinton For $250,000
Meeting never took place
