The health care debate just got (even more) personal for every woman in the country. To get some critical Blue Dog votes for the House's version of health care reform, H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act, apparently...

I like watching and studying social movements. Understanding how people organize to take political action is exciting stuff! It's democracy in action. I love it! So lately I have to admit the Tea Party Patriot movement has me at a...

The Prodigal Son In awarding President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, the world, represented through the Nobel Committee, made a strong statement today, not about Obama or his accomplishments, but about the nature of international relations in the 21st...

I was surprised by NPR's Scott Simon's morning commentary on Weekend Edition today. I normally love these commentaries of his. They tend to be about some relevant issue of the day or some ponderings on life or...

For some reason I woke up this morning thinking about the American dream and sharing. The obvious connection between those two things is immigration. If the basic script of the American dream is to be able to live a simple,...