In my own backyard: A different take on summits
As we approach the elections in November, all the meetings President Barack Obama has been conducting of late in the backyards of our nation's homes remind me of a meeting the president had in his own backyard a year or so ago. I'm speaking of the Beer Summit of 2009. More »
NAACP: Tea Party has ties to racist groups
The "Tea Party," the recently organized national group led in part by failed vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, has close links to white supremacists, anti-immigrant groups and independent militias, claims a new report by the NAACP. More »
Obama's argument: Time to choose
SEATTLE - Closing out a perilous election season for Democrats, President Barack Obama's final argument sounds like this: Do you want to stick with progress or return to failure? More »
NPR's fed funding questioned after firing Fox News analyst
Conservatives and some liberals say NPR went too far in axing a longtime news analyst for saying he gets nervous on planes when he sees people in Muslim dress, and at least one U.S. senator said he would start the ball rolling in cutting federal funding to the network. More »
