MediaMatters: Discussing an amendment that would require the president and other White House officials to enroll in the insurance exchanges established by the health care reform law, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson stated, “[W]hy in your mind would the president and other lawmakers not want to enroll in what they want all other Americans [...]

(SPECIAL-LENGTH FINAL COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS)    By: Roberto Dr. Cintli RodriguezHow do you end a column after 16 years? With regrets and unfulfilled dreams? Perhaps, but truthfully, Column of the Americas as a deadline-based column ends with even bigger dreams. There indeed is disappointment with the ease in which the U.S. populace has accepted and [...]

Sarah Palin’s “real Americans,” Lou Dobbs’ birther madness, Glenn Beck’s conviction that President Obama “hates” white people: All of this is best understood in context of the hard, cold reality of demographics. The Times’ Frank Rich said it best after the White House beer summit: “Beer won’t cool the fury of those who can’t accept [...]

Politico: President Barack Obama has in one week gone from a man seeking votes from freshman congressmen to a globe-trotting commander-in-chief parachuting into a war zone. The president began last week with a midnight victory on his top domestic policy effort ? which also happens to be the most expansive revamp of the nation’s health [...]

When John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate, the then Governor of Alaska was an unknown and untested commodity. McCain is in the fight of his political life as he seeks re-election to the Senate, and once again he turns to Palin. The Fox News celebrity joined McCain on the stage at a [...]