Two groups of Republicans have agreed on a compromise plan for how to cut off medical coverage for millions of Americans.

Bhikkhu Bodhi: in Buddhist terms, global heating denial shows the combined effect of ignorance and craving.

The troll's "Buy American" policy has loopholes to protect Wall Street's profits from manufacturing in other countries.

A Republican businessman was so sleazy that he squeezed money out of the Republican party.

Welfare for a single mother in Mississippi is a swindle: get $200 of aid, and pay back $2500 a few years later if the father doesn't pay for it. The slide into the trap is made smooth with lies.

Part of the state's job is to help people avoid the situation of having a baby and no money for food. The first step is to teach everyone what that is like, and offer reliable birth control to all.