Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
— G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British writer

A New Low in Republican Hypocrisy Has Been Reached
This is not a joke. A pair of Republican U.S. senators who disgraced themselves with extramarital affairs have signed on as sponsors of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would prohibit same sex marriage anywhere in the United States.
The senators are David Vitter of Louisiana, who admitted […]

In an interview posted on the website of the London Telegraph last week, John Bolton, one of the most belligerent of the neocon war hawks, predicted that Israel will attack Iran sometime after the U.S. presidential elections November 4 and January 21, the day George Bush and Dick Cheney leave office.
“An Obama victory would […]

On Friday, just 10 days after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas to the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) for notes from a June 2004 interview the FBI conducted with George Bush and Dick Cheney regarding their roles in the CIA leak scandal, the House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas for documents […]

Is this someone’s idea of fair and balanced? On the same Newsweek page as a story about how one of heiress Cindy McCain’s seven properties — the one in ritzy La Jolla, Calif. — was in tax arrears is a photo gallery of, “A Maverick’s Path: A look at John McCain’s long and varied service […]

In an interview with the Orange County Register during his swing through California this week, John McCain was asked, “When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?”
“Oh, I don’t remember,” McCain answered. “Now there’s Secret Service protection. But I’ve done it for many, many years. I […]

On May 29, McCain said offshore drilling would have no effect in the short term. Just 18 days later, he said it would:
John McCain, June 16, 2008: Providing additional incentives for states to permit exploration off their coasts would be very helpful in the short term in resolving our energy crisis.
John McCain, May 29, […]

Don’t care what you say — this is not how a potential president talks about a former president. From the transcript of the interview in the Las Vegas Sun.
McCain’s action plan on the economy: “I don’t know, but we may have to do more…The housing crisis continues to deepen.”
(On nuclear waste)
If Yucca Mountain passes all […]

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are schizophrenic.
— Thomas Szasz (1920- ), Hungarian psychiatrist and academic