From hurling labels of racism to claims of Sonia Sotomayor being an “affirmative action hire,” it’s been a show of dismal stupidity the last day and a half from far too many in the GOP. That the contradiction between the two epithets isn’t patently obvious makes it all the more ludicrous.

They just can’t help themselves.

I’m sorry, but who is accusing who of playing identity politics?

Featuring music of British Sea Power and Handsome Furs.

No one could have anticipated that Wingnuttia would spontaneously combust over Obama’s SCOTUS pick. But who knew they’d have such empty arguments?

A dust-up in academia concerning torture and the role of psychologists has flown under the radar of late, receiving no coverage in the press. Nevertheless, the issue has fired up the listservs over at the American Psychological Association, and among opponents of APA’s long-time pro-military interrogations policy.

It all started when the May 21 edition of the prominent scientific journal Nature carried an unsigned editorial entitled “Responsible Interrogation.” The editorial makes some

Did Condi Rice and George Tenet build plausible deniability into Bush’s written endorsement of torture.

There has been an ongoing discussion for the last few weeks or so about the briefings that congressional leaders were allegedly given regarding the Bush/Cheney torture program and what Congressmembers like Pelosi, Rockefeller, Harman and Graham could have done to fight the malfeasance of Bush and Cheney. This post will explain what they could have done.

In their rush to find something on which to base their opposition to Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, conservatives are deliberately misreading her Olmos Memorial Lecture.

Three weeks ago Republican strategist Frank Luntz advise Republicans how to lie about health care reform. Last week, Frank Begala advised Democrats how to counter Luntz and how to frame their approach to reform. It’s a step forward.