Nelson is the 51st senator to support same-sex marriage, leaving six Democrats in the Senate who still have not spoken out. Read More

Despite gun control legislation stalling in Washington, lawmakers in Connecticut banned more firearms and passed universal background checks. Read More

North Korea continues to threaten the United States, and it vowed to re-start its nuclear program, but how serious are we to take their saber rattling? Read More

In newly released audio from a conference call in February, Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert links gun control, same-sex marriage and bestiality. Read More

This is where we are with guns in this country. "Second Amendment remedies" being executed on public officials, refusal by some elected officials to let us have a democratic vote on what to do about it. Read More

Public Policy Polling took the time this week to ask voters about 20 popular conspiracy theories, ranging from the political to the extraterrestrial. And the results, they found, reveal a pretty paranoid America. Read More

Despite the "reboot" effort Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus talked about following his party's crushing electoral losses in November, that message of change doesn't seem to be resonating. Read More

Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance as potential 2016 presidential candidate last night. And she returned to a familiar theme--the empowerment of women around the world. Read More

"The way that slavery was in the Old South is not in keeping with the way it has been portrayed," a sponsor of the event said. Read More

This is a sad response to the horror of Newtown because nothing is worse than to be ignored—when you live, when you die. Read More

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk threw his support behind same-sex marriage on Tuesday, becoming the second sitting Republican senator to do so. Kirk was philosophical about his change of heart and cited a near-death experience. Read More

Politics be damned! Christian conservatives have had it with being blamed for Republican losses--and now they're fighting back. Read More

More than three months after the school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut lawmakers approve what they call the strictest gun safety laws in the country.… Read More

Rush Limbaugh and one of his callers agreed that President Obama may have "inspired" the "racism" in a pastor's remarks. Read More

I think we've got to worry about North Korea. There's something wild and unruly going on there. Read More

Texas law enforcement said to be investigating the Aryan Brotherhood following the slaying of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. McLelland is the second justice official to be killed in Texas in the last two months. Read More

The New York Times picks up the big story in politics: Will Hillary Run? Aides have established a Hillary Clinton 'transition' office, but the big question is… Read More

There’s been a surprising shift in attitudes among groups historically opposed to gay marriage, including African-Americans, the elderly, those living in the South, and blue-collar workers. Read More

The nasty tricks keep coming. You know, I'd like to think when we spotlight a problem that those causing the problem would stop. Read More

Forget the polls. Forget the heavily scrutinized words of Supreme Court justices. You know the tide on gay marriage in this country has turned when Rush Limbaugh has resigned himself to the idea of its inevitability. Read More