It’s not about harm. It’s about hype. According to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, every year heart disease kills two hundred times more Americans than terrorist attacks killed in the peak year of 2001. In other years, heart disease deaths are hundreds of thousands of times more numerous than terrorism deaths. Yet year [...]

If he really thinks that the true source of power is prayer, and not Congress, why does Mike McIntyre keep on running for re-election to Congress, instead of just staying home and praying full time?

Does our security need securing? If so, how secure is this security? And who is going to write legislation securing the security of our security? I bet Doc Hastings is just the man to do that.

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks has declared atheists and agnostics to be his foes. The Secular Coalition for Alabama has reminded him that many of his constituents are atheists and agnostics.

An organizer for the January 17 political action called Occupy Congress reports on a call from Rep. Susan Davis: Congresswoman Susan Davis’ office called. She wants to meet with us in DC on #J17. “I want to support OSD you while you’re here” “OSD” refers to Occupy San Diego, the California encampment in Davis’ district [...]

On January 6 2011, U.S. Representative Trent Franks participated in a show in the U.S. Capitol Building: the reading of the United States Constitution. Rep. Franks was assigned to read the Fifth Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a [...]

On December 16 Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio voted to toss people into prison forever without charges, just because the government says that these people are terrorists. The Government doesn’t have to file charges or prove its accusations in court. That would be a trial, and trials are apparently out of date. In voting to [...]

Could someone tell Congressman Ted Poe that there is no ban on incandescent light bulbs. It’s a conspiracy theory, an urban legend, a myth.

This morning, the presidential nominating effort called Americans Elect introduced a new web feature called “Candidates,” in which it rates a select group of American politicians on the basis of their policy agreement with two documents: 1. Majority or plurality answers to a Ipsos Public Affairs Poll apparently commissioned by Americans Elect corporate staff, the [...]

A large amount of toxic coal ash containing heavy metals fell into Lake Michigan, fouling the waters that serve as a public resource for Gwen Moore’s constituents. So, what is Gwen Moore telling the voters of Wisconsin’s 4th district tonight about why she voted to prevent tough standards for coal ash disposal from going into effect?