Joe Wilson

by Mark Silva There was no poll here. Just a selective recall from random memories of a year run amok with certifiably dumb ideas, which leads to our offering this afternoon of the 10 dumbest lines of the year: No.......

Republican representative's outburst during Obama's address causes a stir....

by Mark Silva Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor: "Winners." So say a majority of Americans asked to assess the political winners of 2009 - with the first lady leading the list. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed by the......

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- An associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at Yale Law School, is releasing his fourth annual list of The Yale Book of Quotations. Fred Shapiro's top quote: "Keep your government hands off my Medicare," by a speaker at a...

Working Joe Wilson wraps up "Take Joe to Work" campaign; Arpaio endorses Poizner for the California Republican nomination for governor....

As a federal judge strikes down part of Arizona's immigration law, politicians take to Facebook and Twitter to give their reactions....

When President Obama addressed Congress Wednesday night, he got an unusual greeting: "You lie." The comment from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) could be heard throughout the House chamber in response to Obama's remark that his health insurance plan would not...

-- President Barack Obama in recent days has staked out a conservative position on the treatment of illegal immigrants in his health care overhaul -- a new stance that has surprised some of his fellow Democrats and provoked outrage among advocates for...

You would think after three days of relentless media coverage, the story of Kanye West's unruly outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards is pretty much a non-story now. However, the creative and imaginative minds on the web are keeping the story very much...