I Was Fired for Telling the Truth  —  Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth.  The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims.  —  This is not a bigoted statement.

Campaign's Big Spender  —  Public-Employees Union Now Leads All Groups in Independent Election Outlays  —  The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted …

Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas  —  For nearly two decades, Lillian McEwen has been silent — a part of history, yet absent from it.  —  When Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his explosive 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing …

Former president Clinton on mission to rescue Democratic Party in fall elections  —  Bill Clinton is baffled.  The former president's friends say he is in disbelief that in the closing weeks of the midterm campaigns Democrats have failed to articulate a coherent message on the economy and …

GOP congressional candidate Stephen Broden says violent overthrow of government is ‘on the table’  —  mmason@dallasnews.com  —  WASHINGTON - Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership.

Obama Underappreciation Syndrome  —  In an increasingly desperate attempt to develop a narrative for the coming Democratic collapse, the Democrats have indulged themselves in what for half a century they've habitually attributed to the American right — the paranoid style in American politics.

Clint Eastwood on Obama: Nice Fella but “Not a Fan”  —  Clint Eastwood, legendary actor and director, told Katie Couric that while President Obama is a “nice fella,” he's “not a fan of what he's doing at the moment.”  —  During an interview about his latest film “Hereafter,” …

President Obama: It Gets Better  —  Recently, several young people have taken their own lives after being bullied for being gay - or perceived as being gay - by their peers.  Their deaths are shocking and heartbreaking tragedies.  No one should have to endure relentless harassment or tormenting.

British Fashion Victims  —  In the spring of 2010, fiscal austerity became fashionable.  I use the term advisedly: the sudden consensus among Very Serious People that everyone must balance budgets now now now wasn't based on any kind of careful analysis.  It was more like a fad …

Tea Party to the Rescue  —  How the GOP was saved from Bush and the establishment.  —  Two central facts give shape to the historic 2010 election.  The first is not understood by Republicans, and the second not admitted by Democrats.  —  The first: the tea party is not a “threat” …

Reid: 'But For Me, We'd Be in World-Wide Depression'  —  Where would the world be without Harry Reid?  —  This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.

Democrat Narrows Gap In Pennsylvania Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dim View Of Economy Favors Republican  —  In the Pennsylvania governor's race, Democrat Dan Onorato, the Allegheny County Executive, has erased most of State Attorney General Tom Corbett's 15-point likely voter lead …

Will Rand Paul ‘Man Up’?  —  A confession: When Kentucky's Democratic Senate nominee Jack Conway put up his controversial “Aqua Buddha” ad, alluding to the GQ report that an undergraduate Rand Paul had “kidnapped” a woman and forced her to pray to what Conway grandiosely called “a false idol” …

Rep. Moran: Serving in the military isn't public service  —  Virginia Congressman Jim Moran, D-8th, doesn't think serving in the military is public service.  At the October 6th meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee, Moran was videotaped telling fellow party members:

WPRI Poll: Barney Frank in tight race  —  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is facing what may be the toughest re-election fight of his 30-year career as he holds onto a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Sean Bielat, our exclusive WPRI 12 poll shows.

A Favorite Villain in Election Ads: New York  —  A Georgia congressman is shown driving around New York in a convertible with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, soaking in cheers at a ticker-tape parade on Wall Street and then basking in the bright lights of Times Square.

Biden Says Outside Groups' Money Jeopardizes Democrats' Control of House  —  Vice President Joe Biden said Democrats will retain control of the Senate while he worries that hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous donations to campaign groups backing Republicans could cost his party its House majority.

Big Gifts to G.O.P. Groups Push Donor to New Level  —  WASHINGTON — When Bob Perry, a wealthy home builder from Texas, emerged six years ago as a prime financer of the Swift Boat Veterans attack ads against Senator John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, the political strategist Karl Rove was there to vouch for Mr. Perry.

Toxic powder sent to Arizona congressman  —  Office locked down after swastika-covered envelope discovered  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — White powder delivered in an swastika-covered envelope to the Tucson, Ariz., office of Rep. Raul Grijalva is a toxic substance, the Democratic congressman said the FBI told him Thursday afternoon.