MediaMatters: Seizing on an absurd claim spread by right-wing blogs that President Obama wants to ban sport fishing, Glenn Beck stated on his Fox News program that Obama is attempting to prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing on some of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, and great lakes “by executive order.” In fact, there is no [...]

Great presidents lead. In a sense, Lincoln “rammed” through the Emancipation Proclamation just as FDR “rammed” through Lend-Lease, Truman “rammed” through desegregation of the military, and Lyndon Johnson “rammed” the Civil Rights Act down the throat of a gagging South. These might be considered more dramatic issues than mundane health care, I grant you — [...]

When a man accused of inappropriate conduct towards another man, defends himself by reciting vociferously — other episodes of similar conduct — with men, he ends up raising more questions than providing answers.

Judging by his statement, Massa seems to be a closeted homosexual — and should spare himself further ridicule by just coming out and [...]

A new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center finds that the number of militias and extremist anti-government groups has increased in the past year. Heidi Bierich of the Southern Poverty Law Center talks about the dangers of these hate groups. [ SEE VIDEO BELOW ]

NOTE: Report echoes SPLC’s call for change in military hate [...]

Media Matters: Following President Obama’s first routine physical examination as president, the Drudge Report and right-wing blogs are seizing on a line from a memo from the chief White House physician about the results of the exam. In the “Recommendations” section of the memo, the president’s physician writes that Obama:

Continue smoking cessation efforts, a [...]