Waiting and Seeing What Obama Has to Say on Afghanistan
The nation awaits an announcement from President Barack Obama tonight that will confirm that Obama has, in fact, pledged to send 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan to escalate war. The announcement will...
View ArticleEscalating to End the Afghan War: Invoking Iraq, the Troops, and the...
Obama's speech at West Point Academy made a case for escalating the war in Afghanistan by deploying 30,000 more troops and laid out justifications for escalation that would deflect criticism.The speech...
View ArticleA Grim Review of Action Against the Afghan War Escalation
All over the U.S., between Black Friday and Dec 2nd, there were actions organized to bolster opposition to the Afghan war escalation that Obama was going to defend in his West Point speech on Tuesday....
View ArticleAnti-Afghan War Escalation Rally to Reach for a World That Ought to Be
A new coalition of antiwar organizations---the End U.S. Wars Coalition---rallies on Saturday, Dec. 12th, in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Not far from the White House, they will challenge the...
View ArticleHistory Channel's "The People Speak": A Much-Needed Lesson in Hope and Change...
How to pare down a 752-page book into a 2-hour cable television event must have been a challenge for the producers of The People Speak, but those behind The People Speak succeed beautifully in...
View ArticleObama & Democrats Give Americans a Healthcare Con Job for Christmas
Corporate Democrats and the Obama Administration stand ready to deliver a gift to Americans on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies and private insurance industry in America: health reform.
View ArticleWith Change, Americans Shouldn't Make the Enemy the Good of the Perfect
Deconstructing an idiom that those defending the Democratic Party's and Obama's handling of health reform (and other issues) like to use when discussing the politics of reform or change.
View ArticleMedia Coverage of Reid Deepens America's Illiteracy, Fear, and Anxiety Toward...
The media spent a full day on Monday, January 11th, dissecting and reconstructing the surface meaning of Sen. Harry Reid’s remarks on Obama, which most pundits and political leaders have characterized...
View ArticleWhat's It Gonna Take for America to Shut Down the Prisons at Guantanamo?
When we consider the indignity and inhumane treatment that detainees at Guantanamo have experienced and the torture and abuse which has surely inflamed Islamists who fill the ranks of al-Qaeda-like...
View Article...And Crown Thy Good With Corporate Personhood
The Citizens United v. FEC decision lays bare the need for not only a reassessment of how we allow corporate power to pervert our political system. It also shows America needs a movement for...
View ArticleFuture of Public Option Depends on What Supporters of Single Payer Do Now
A look at recently passed health reform, growing momentum for the public option, and the movement for and future of single payer healthcare in America
View ArticleAmerica Speaks, But Not for Cuts to Social Programs
Last weekend, all over the United States 21st Century Town Hall Meetings were held by an organization that calls itself AmericaSpeaks. The town hall meetings focused on the budget and economy in...
View ArticleWhen Will We Take Responsibility for the Obama Presidency's Failings?
It is uncomfortable and in some respects unreasonable to take to task those progressive Democrats who should be the biggest allies of social justice movements. This writer (who considers himself to be...
View ArticleThe "Liberal" Netroots: An Army Beholden to Democrats or an Independent Force...
As the "netroots" prepare to meet in Las Vegas to once again discuss what they could be doing (and have been doing) to "amplify" their "progressive voice" by using "technology to influence the public...
View ArticleYou Won't Find Nonbelievers Promoting Idea Obama is a Muslim
The uproar by Americans as a result of the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near Ground Zero along with Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C. have pulled into...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Opposing Mosques and Burning Korans
For now, there appears to be a line that those seeking to stop the so-called "Islamization" of America won't cross. It's not that they disagree with Terry Jones' assessment of Islam, but they are...
View ArticleO'Donnell's Victory Renews Her Fight Against the Scourge of Sex in America
Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell’s victory over nine-term Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary Tuesday night may have been a signal that a significant number of Delaware...
View ArticleMovement to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Raises Hell in D.C.
Over a thousand Appalachian residents and activists participated in a rally and march in Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 27th. One hundred were arrested for engaging in an act of civil...
View ArticleOne Nation Working Together to Keep Democrats from Losing the Midterms
Organizers of a liberal event called "One Nation Working Together" expect a hundred thousand Americans to gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, October 2nd, to advocate for jobs,...
View ArticleViolence & Democracy: The Shooting of Giffords & Others by Loughner
It is easy to say that violence should be condemned. But, there must be some level of empathy for the fact that there are policies in this country pushing Americans to the brink.Olbermann is righteous...
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