Texans can sleep more soundly at night knowing that Elisa Castillo, a grandmother and nonviolent first-time drug offender, is serving a life without parole sentence in Fort Worth.

In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell provides what may be the most authoritative confirmation yet that there was never a considered debate in the George W. Bush White House about whether going to war in Iraq was really a good idea.

While many on the left are extolling Ron Paul's anti-war stance, he is on record as opposing just about everything else this democracy stands for: environmental protection, Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare, public education, civil rights laws, laws on food and drug safety and workers’ rights.

Now that Ron Paul has made a strong showing in Iowa, the mainstream media monopoly has geared up to smear him as a “racist” and “dangerous man,” dredging up an old newsletter that was repudiated and debunked 20 years ago.

The documents, which include harsh, prejudiced attacks against the black community, are evidence of a libertarian movement trying to find an audience.

At a town hall meeting at the Institute of Politics at New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm’s College Tuesday, Rick Perry asked that all of the college students in the crowd who will be 21 by Nov. 12 support his bid for the presidency. Say what?

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, accused Rick Perry and the rest of the Republican presidential field of pandering to their party’s extremists and demonstrating “little serious thought” about what they would do if elected.

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry took friends, fellow legislators or campaign donors to his hunting camp, they passed the word "Niggerhead" painted on a rock. As the Washington Post reports, "Niggerhead" stood for the long-ago name of the Perry family's hunting camp.

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) took friends, fellow legislators or campaign donors to his hunting camp, they passed the word "Niggerhead" painted on a rock. As the Washington Post reported Saturday, "Niggerhead" stood for the long-ago name of the Perry family's hunting camp.

Doubts about Perry’s intellect have hounded him since he was first elected as a state legislator nearly three decades ago.

Does the Texas governor believe his idiotic religious rhetoric, or is he just pandering for votes?

Despite being asked by conference leaders to appear as state governor and not a presidential candidate, Gov. Rick Perry endorsed an aggressive foreign policy doctrine

The New York Times calls out Rick Perry on his two-faced hypocrisy about states' rights.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to rally Christian conservative leaders in Texas this weekend to discuss strategies for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Rick Perry is definitely Pro-Life, but he is not pro-America.

Glenn W. Smith's Opinion of Rick Perry's presidential candidacy.

A look at Rick Perry's Anti-Equality agenda

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Thursday described Washington as "a seedy place" while defending what he said was his manner of speaking plainly.

Two weeks before Thanksgiving in 2003, top officials from Texas Governor Rick Perry's office pitched an unusual offer to the state's retired teachers: Let's get into the death business.

Gov. Rick Perry this year raised a record $22 million for the Republican Governors Association - a nonprofit political powerhouse that has been Perry's own top benefactor during his decade as governor.