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Newscaster Ricardo Goncalves didn’t realize the cameras were rolling.

Anti-gay group goes after Ron Paul for not being anti-gay enough.

Is potential 2012 candidate Newt Gingrich right when he says likability doesn’t matter in presidential elections?

How a lightning strike in Wisconsin debunks the Westboro Baptist Church.

I don’t have anything against smoking. And I don’t have anything against pregnancy. On the contrary, I think they’re both great! When the two come together, however, I find myself troubled…

The Republican Party’s big win this week, and a national yearning for bipartisanship, could be just the ticket to steering the States back to the top.

Last night’s Democratic losers should take a page from Republicans and become talking heads.

Rep. John Boehner, potential Speaker of the House, offers an anachronistic vision for Washington, and repeats Obama’s message, only in different words.

The Walking Dead, AMC’s latest series, looks at what happens to man’s morals in a world gone dead. And it’s not pretty.

Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt discussed abortion in front of first graders. Did she cross a line or teach a lesson?

Rand Paul should take responsibility for his supporters’ attack on a MoveOn.org activist. The rest of the Tea Party should, too.

Republican leaders like Joe Miller and Rand Paul claim they love the Constitution. Why, then, are they constantly undermining it?

The Tea Party has been making best-sellers out of long-dead authors like Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek. They would do well to add transcendentalist radical Ralph Waldo Emerson to their heap.

If Palin rides into the White House come 2010, it will be in a DeLorean, because her latest political message bends space and time.

Republican House hopeful Jim Russell wrote an essay on 2001 praising segregation, celebrating eugenics and decrying biracial Hollywood love. There’s only one word for that… (Update!)

A Portland newspaper ran a picture of Muslims praying on 9/11. Conservative zealots forced them to apologize, and undercut our nation’s founding document in the process.

Senator Harry Reid’s latest attack on Sharron Angle suggests she’s lenient on domestic abusers. He should be taking aim at her lack of respect for other states’ judgement.

Skateboarder Jacob Isom showed Texas bigots what happens when you try to burn the Quran: radical heroes snatch it up and save the day.

Progressives could use Terry Jones as a launching pad for a sincere conversation about America’s Constitutional ideals.

Washington has an economy all its own, and Republicans are coming out on top.