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Why do all Tea Party or Republicans or right-wingers figure that if you cut a foot off the top of the blanket and sew it to the bottom of the blanket it will make it longer, which seems to be their solution for today's problems? Is it because they are dumb or greedy or just cheat...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- On the eve of the primary that would end his electoral career, Rep. Mike Castle was in a reflective mood.

WILLMAR -- When organizers with the Women's Fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation were looking at how to allot grant money this past year, one program that caught their attention was Kitchen Kamp, an initiative by the Heartland Community Action Agency to help teenaged mothers...

The talking heads on the Tea Party right are condemning the Democrats because unemployment is high. Apparently the Tea Party thinks it's the federal government's responsibility to guarantee jobs to everyone. Sorry, folks, it doesn't work that way in the real America. Businesses create...

The frenzied Tea Partiers with their clenched fists in the air, waving banners with false accusations and vicious innuendos, remind me of the crowd surrounding Christ prior to his crucifixion. It appears that things haven't changed much in the past 2,000 years. Allen Iverson S...

For the past year, a passionate group of Americans have rallied together under the banner of the "tea party," altering the direction of the nation's political discourse in the early years of Barack Obama's presidency. The Associated Press reviewed tea party operations in almost every...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa is a politically active state, but it doesn't seem especially interested in the tea party protest movement that is drawing so much attention nationally. Some Iowans have signed onto the anti-government effort, but activists have staged only one big rally.

In response to a letter published claiming success of the recent tea parties and the author's complaint of lack of coverage, I think it's important to offer an opposing view.

The Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Parties of April 15 were a success. Of the 5,000 events nationwide, estimated attendance was at least a quarter million. In Willmar the event attracted several hundred people. The mainstream biased media again misstated the impact of the Tea Parties,...