Zombie Politics

In the last 15 years, the juvenile detention rate has fallen 41 percent. A staggering drop, to be sure, but why? A recent article in my fa...

2012 was the warmest year on record, and out of 33,700 scientist, only 34 say humans are not the cause of global warming. It appears to me t...

Myth #10: We don't need more gun laws—we just need to enforce the ones we have . Fact-check: Weak laws and loopholes backed by the gun...

Even though the organization  is gone, nothing is sure to whip up that perfect stew of anger, hatred, paranoia like ACORN. Like the Soviet U...

Myth #9: More and more Americans are becoming gun owners. Fact-check: More guns are being sold, but they're owned by a shrinking por...

As we celebrate Women on this "International Women's Day" we still need to acknowledge the injustice that's being done in ...

As we get closer to the Easter holidays, you might want to prepare yourself for that crazy uncle at your family gathering who will likely be...

Myth #8: "Vicious, violent video games" deserve more blame than guns . Fact-check: So said NRA executive vice president Wayne L...

Well, it has happened. The government came and got an NRA member's guns. Twice. An NRA official in New York has been banned from owni...

In this clip you will find Bill O'Reilly and Alan Colmes in a heated exchange. We see Alan Colmes give Bill O'Reilly a couple entitl...

The death of Hugo Chavez reminded me that I had to discuss this wonderful piece by Larry Diamond. He discusses how the myth that Global Sou...

Gun advocates split with NRA on background checks For example, the founder of the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation tentatively backed a...