On his Friday night show, Bill Maher equated the Casey Anthony verdict with Republican policy — with Casey Anthony as Republican politicans and voters as the jury. “Half of American voters say ‘I’m with the party that cuts all these programs for real people, for the 99 percent. Planned Parenthood, environmental protection, college, health care, [...]

“After an interview, Tim Pawlenty asked a group of pop-culture bloggers to name their favorite Lady Gaga song. Clearly itching to answer the question himself, Pawlenty got the chance and showed that he knows his Gaga, the Washington Post writes. ‘Well you know, in terms of the beat, I like ‘Bad Romance,’ Pawlenty said. ‘I [...]

Republican presidential contenders Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum have lined up behind a new pledge focused on social issues put forth by Bob Vander Plaats, a former candidate for governor who now reigns as a conservative kingmaker in the Hawkeye State.

Fox News is ratcheting up its counterattack against Media Matters, a liberal advocacy group and the network’s most persistent critic. The news channel has recently run more than 30 segments calling for the nonprofit group to be stripped of its tax-exempt status.

For good reason, there has been serious hand-wringing over what to do about the ethical lapses of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The fact that Supreme Court justices are exempt from the code of ethical conduct which applies to the rest of the federal judiciary; the problem of bringing a sitting justice before the Congress to question the conduct of a constitutional co-equal; the reality that justices cannot easily defend themselves against news media charges; the defiant, in-your-face posture of Thomas–the list goes on but it need not. There is clear precedent for how to deal with the justice. Thomas could be forced off the bench.