[image fid=”440″ src=”/files/styles/thumbnail/public/postimages/2012/07/copycat.jpg” align=”right” style=”thumbnail” width=”150″ height=”197″ link=”” alt=”” title=”” credit=”” credit_link=””]Booking photo of Timothy Courtois[/image ]America, we have a problem! At least 3 men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring moviegoers’ anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly […]

This just makes me sick: JOLIET, Ill. — When it comes to dealing with labor unions, Caterpillar has long taken a stance as tough as the bulldozers and backhoes that have burnished its global reputation. Be it two-tier wage scales or higher worker contributions for health insurance, the company has been a leader in devising […]

Last week I asked why the House Republican leadership was stalling on the Farm Bill, especially with corn and soy at record highs from the drought. Now we know why – politics: Senate-passed bills to cut farm subsidies and food stamps and overhaul the financially teetering Postal Service have been put on hold by House […]

Jason Alexander, or George Costanza to the Seinfeld fans out there, took to Twitter this weekend to urge action in the wake of the Batman killing spree in a Colorado theater: I’d like to preface this long tweet by saying that my passion comes from my deepest sympathy and shared sorrow with yesterday’s victims and […]

There has been so much news this week that this story went pretty much unnoticed: Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer prize-winning columnist and wife of Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, posted an E-mail exchange between herself and an unnamed, unwitting conservative blogger to her Facebook page Tuesday night. The blogger emailed Schultz on July 9 to say, […]

WOW! The National Republican Senatorial Committee paid for an ad that attacks the Republican budget in Congress last month — and appears to have spent quite a lot doing it. At the time, NRSC officials did not comment on the commercial run by the Montana Republican Party on behalf of Rep. Denny Rehberg, who is […]

Remember back towards the end of last year when it came out that members of Congress were exempt from insider trading laws? The Senate quickly acted to fix that, rightly so, yet the House delayed acting on it. Actually it wasn’t the whole House, but rather one man – Majority Leader, Eric Cantor. Here was […]

Today Cher made a comment about the tragedy in Colorado: Both President Obama and Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney addressed the tragic Colorado movie theater shooting on Friday. Comparing their responses, Cher – who has already made her feelings about Romney quite clear – implied that Obama’s speech was more sincere. “OBAMA! 2day He […]

What does the GOP have against lowering taxes and bringing jobs back to America? Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the No.1 item on the president’s congressional “to-do-list,” refusing to allow a vote on a bill that would give tax breaks for companies that “insource” jobs to the U.S. from overseas while eliminating tax deductions for […]

Horrible news to wake up to this morning: A heavily armed gunman tossed tear gas into the darkness of an Aurora, Colorado movie theater Friday and then sprayed the audience with gunfire during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie, killing 12 and wounding 38 others, authorities said. One of the injured was […]