When people say that something doesn’t have to do with politics, I want to laugh in their face.

The Planned Parenthood Federation Of America (PPFA) and the “Pink Ribbons” might be a mere week deep in the PR firestorm that resulted from the latter non-profit ostensibly washing their hands of…

Our country is based on a free press. That’s how the public finds out about issues affecting the country, and decides what the best choices are to handle the problems we are faced with. And even what politicians to vote for, based on their opinions on how to handle different…

It’s that time of year, where everyone files their taxes and does their part to pay for our massive government spending. For most people, it’s a matter of figuring out what they get back, since they’ve already paid in through the withholding of money from their paychecks. For those of…

Tips For A Pending Federal Government Shutdown

The shit is coming down.

-Georgetown at Shelly’s Back Room, November 7, 1995

It is nostalgia time in The District this week as the Reality Check News & Information Desk unveils “alternative” plans (schemes) to successfully piggyback a 2011 federal government…

We’re heading into the middle of February, and where do we stand with all the promises and proposals we heard during the campaign season that recently ended? It was filled with bluster about everything that was going to happen to turn things around, and came from both Republicans and Democrats.…

As Chris Rock once said (over and over again, as is his style), “I’m not talking ’bout rich, I’m talking ‘bout wealthy.” Everyday Americans have a different perspective about who’s rich and who isn’t. Are you rich? Odds are you’re not. And even if you were, you might not admit…

As of this writing, it appears the Democrats and the Republicans have reached what they are calling a “compromise” solution on the thorny issue of extending the tax cuts that were originally initiated back in 2001 and 2003 under President Bush. It’s funny, these politicians… they think giving everybody pretty…

The current posturing in Washington D.C. over the expiration of the “Bush Tax Cuts” is predictably reminiscent of what occurs when… well, you fill in the blank. This latest lame duck congress has one option, extend the cuts, all the cuts, period. The time for discussing options has passed. Politically,…

The substantive details of state department cables released by the “roguish” website Wikileaks and the context thereof have almost eclipsed every other news story this week, even as unemployment benefits are running out for 2 million Americans, Bush tax cuts are due to expire, the Pentagon released a report suggesting…

The recent mid-term elections brought about what many are calling a “divided government,” since the Democrats, although still in the majority in the Senate, are now in the minority in the House of Representatives. And in the Senate, they no longer have the votes to control the agenda and override…