August 30, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

Only one of these segments was supposed to be a joke. Can you tell which one?
This is from The Onion:

Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture?
And this is Liz Cheney explaining why waterboading isn’t torture on This Week with George Stephanapoulos from earlier today.

August 27, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

“Well, today, we lost a truly remarkable man. To paraphrase Shakespeare, I don’t think we shall ever see his like again. I think the legacy he left was not just with the landmark legislation he passed but in how he helped people look at themselves and look at one another.” –Joe Biden, yesterday, reflecting on [...]

August 26, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

In my short lifetime, I have never seen a politician speak in person more than I have seen Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
As a political science major at a college in Boston, witnessing a Ted Kennedy speech was almost a requirement for graduation. Remarkably though, for a man that was elected to the United States Senate [...]

August 10, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

Recently, President Obama had the audacity to suggest that everyone get a living will to prevent confusion during end of life care. He explained that both he and Michelle Obama have one and it lets you decide specifically how you would like to be treated if you are close to death. This simple suggestion (most [...]