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In the complex world of hemispheric politics, where the name of Revolutionary War veteran James Monroe is still tossed about in glorious ancient relevancy, currency is everything and subtle shifts in the stance of the North American superpower start as ripples below the mouth of the Potomac, only to end as tidal waves on the shores of nations to our south. The late upset in Honduras has created what appears to be a neat left-right furrow in our own commentariat. Fresh from backing the Khomeini - er, democratic - faction in the dispute over the clearly fraudulent Iranian election, our right-wing voices (God bless 'em) are now arguing that the military takeover in the small Central American nation is anything but the coup d'etat that it so clearly is. As Larisa Alexandrovna writes for Raw Story , the right-wing nuts are trying... [read full story]
Rory McIlroy is back into second place on the European money list with two weeks left and has cut Lee Westwood's lead to under £47,000. The pair, who finished fourth and eighth respectively at the WGC-HSBC Champions in...
There were plenty of cowardly votes in the House last night but there was only one truly brave one. In a principled and practical statement , Rep. Kucinich said what a growing number of progressives have realized as we've...
James Oliphant, Peter Nicholas, and Christi Parsons write for the Los Angeles Times Even before voters went to the polls last week, moderate congressional Democrats were anxious. Would the swing voters who coalesced around...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas. Janet Napolitano says her agency is...
