Politics
Obama Giving Cold Shoulder to Women in 2nd Term
Oh the irony. After Mitt Romney was ridiculed for touting his lame, quasi-offensive hiring practices in the second presidential debate this fall, it seems Obama’s […]
Should Ed Rendell Go to D.C.? Or Stay Home to Defeat Tom Corbett? Or Be New York’s Mayor?
One thing Ed Rendell doesn’t lack for is career options. The former governor is being mentioned by National Journal as a candidate for Transportation Secretary […]
It’s Time to Let Women Serve in Combat Roles
You probably didn’t notice when Brittany Gordon came home from Afghanistan in a body bag. It happened in October; the Army specialist, a 24-year-old died […]
Pat Toomey Has Become More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
It’s good news for Pat Toomey—but is it good news for Pennsylvania? Sen. Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican, announced today he’d been named to the […]
Court: Obama Can Secretly Assassinate American Citizens Suspected of Terrorism
Here are a few things that are public knowledge: President Obama oversees a drone program that targets terrorists with assassination. That he personally signs off […]
Why Hillary’s Blood Clot Totally Freaked Me Out
“Oh my god. What if she dies?” I shrieked at my laptop on Sunday evening when news broke that former First Lady, current Secretary of […]
Is It Time to Scrap the Constitution and Start Over?
There was a time in U.S. history when the national government was broke and impotent, unable to pay the country’s debts or to raise the […]
New Jersey To Vote on Conversion Therapy
New Jersey could become the second state in the nation (California was the first) to pass a new law that would ban reparative – also […]
Could PA Outlaw Gay Marriage?
The future of marriage equality could come down to yet another proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania State Constitution that would define marriage between one man […]
Susan Rice Withdraws from Secretary of State Consideration
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, long rumored the front-runner to replace Hillary Clinton in Foggy Bottom, sent a letter to the president today taking herself out […]
Marriage Equality in New Jersey?
New Jersey’s first openly gay Assemblyman Reed Gusciora may have introduced legislation this week that would put same-sex marriage on the ballot as early as […]
Undocumented Immigrant Sex Offender Was Interning for Bob Menendez
A month before this year’s election, the aspiring muckrakers at the conservative Daily Caller unveiled their “October Surprise”– allegations that New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez had […]
83-Year-Old Temple Alumna Behind Gay Marriage Challenge
Five years ago, Edith Windsor married her longtime partner Thea Spyer in Toronto, after a 40-year engagement. When Spyer died in 2009, Windsor wasn’t treated […]
Antonin Scalia’s Moral Foolishness
So Antonin Scalia doesn’t know the moral difference between homosexuality and murder, eh? Here’s a primer: In murder, somebody dies. In homosexuality, somebody loves and […]
Main Line Women Form Bipartisan Group to Change America
I attended a gathering recently of bright, impassioned women. No, it wasn’t Fifty Shades of Grey book night on the Main Line, but rather a […]