In his first official state visit as President of the United States, Barack Obama made good on campaign promises to engage the nation’s enemies in dialogue “without preconditions”, meeting directly with the leadership of the rouge nation of Canada.

President Obama traveled to Ottawa to meet with Stephen Harper’s regime, disregarding the prevailing opinion of Americans, 72% of whom are “pretty sure the capital of Canada is Toronto” …

Richard Danzig was the Secretary of the Navy under President Clinton. He is a top foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama, and could well be tapped to serve National Security Advisor in an Obama administration. Mr. Danzig is a man who could have a strong influence on the course America charts into the 21st century. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, California – Time to dust off your earthquake insurance, California. Your forecast? Partly wrathful with a chance of smite-age. California began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples at 5:01pm today, when a controversial decision by the state’s supreme court to overturn a ban on gay marriage took effect. San Francisco mayor Gavin [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled today that “detainees” being held by the US military in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have the right to challenge the legality of their detention in civilian federal court. The justices’ ruling seemingly missed the entire point of Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo was born out of the necessities of a post 9/11 world. [...]

LONDON, UK – In an exclusive interview with the London Times, President George W. Bush for the first time expressed regrets over his rhetoric in the lead-up to the Iraq war. In a rare moment of public self-reflection, Bush admitted that his aggressive public stance prior to the invasion may have “indicated to people that [...]

So obviously the big story over the weekend was Saturday’s conclusion of the 17 month saga that was the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process. What’s that you say? You thought the Democratic Nominee was decided last Tuesday, when the final two primaries gave Barack Obama enough delegates to surpass the threshold of 2,118 required for [...]

It was inevitable, really. Sandra Day O’Connor’s life story and accomplishments, including graduating at the top of her class at Stanford Law, being elected to the Arizona State Senate and, oh yeah, becoming the first female Supreme Court Justice, impressive as they may be, have clearly been leading to this point. At long last she [...]

Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, mayor of the ridiculously small town of Arlington, Oregon is facing a recall vote, mostly because she is a great big whore. Kontur-Gronquist has sullied her town’s damn near non-existent reputation. Was she involved in an illicit affair with a city official? Sexual harassment? Prostitution? Incest*? Nope. Her ho-baggery took a far more [...]