Give It Up, Newt!
Gingrich wouldn’t know McCarthyism if Tailgunner Joe returned from the grave and sat on his ample lap.
View ArticleMcChrystal Wrong Man for the Job
He was involved in the Pat Tillman farse. Worse, he reportedly authorized torture at a secret camp.
View ArticleThe Top Ten Comedic News Stories of 2009
10. Governor Mark Sanford (R- SC) and Senator John Ensign (R- Nev) both found to have a bit of a problem in the monogamy department. The GOP breathes a sigh of relief that at least they were caught...
View ArticleThe Times Fronts for U.S. Assault on Marja
The Pentagon’s own PR department couldn’t have done any better.
View ArticleAdjunct Professor Fired for Not Signing Loyalty Oath
When Gonaver was hired, she says she wasn’t told there even was a loyalty oath to sign.
View ArticleLaurie Anderson Interview
My guest this week is the performance artist and singer/songwriter Laurie Anderson.
View ArticleSame-Sex Ruling a Cause for Great Celebration
May 15, 2008, will go down in the history books as a great day in the march for equality.
View ArticleNancy Krieger Interview
My guest this week is Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health. We talk how inequalities make people ill.
View ArticleCarl Kozlowski and Tim Joyce Interview
My guests this week are Carl Kozlowski and Tim Joyce, authors of "Seize the Day Job: The humor book Al-Qaeda kept you from reading."
View ArticleKucinich Introduces 35 Articles of Impeachment
In all of these actions and decisions, President George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office.
View ArticleMoazzam Sheikh Interview
My guest today is Moazzam Sheikh, the author of “The Idol Lover and Other Stories from Pakistan.”
View ArticleSusan Quinn
My guest this week is Susan Quinn, who has just finished a new and fascinating book on the WPA’s Federal Theater Project of the mid to late 30s entitled Furious Improvisation.
View ArticleACLU Says NorthCom’s Fighting Unit May Be Illegal
“This is a radical departure from separation of civilian law enforcement and military authority and could, quite possibly, represent a violation of law.”
View ArticleObama, Like Bush, Bends a Knee to King Abdullah
It was hard to stomach watching Obama salute “the long history of friendship” between the United States and Saudi Arabia and debase himself by saying he was there “to seek his Majesty’s counsel.”
View ArticleThe Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
The Pentagon wants the Secretary of the Defense and the President to be able to call up the Reserves in times of disaster or vaguely defined emergency.
View ArticleObama in Oslo
President Obama gave a thoughtful, meditative speech in Oslo to accept his Nobel Prize.
View ArticleObama, Mullen, Gates Deserve Praise for Opposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
History will record that in February 2010, full equality for gays and lesbians came another step closer to reality.
View ArticleWhy Hillary Clinton Might Have Made a Better President
She knew the Republicans wouldn’t let any Democratic President “turn the page” on partisanship, and she was prepared to slug it out. But not Obama.
View ArticleObama’s Hack Move on Nuclear Power
As is his fashion, Obama justified his approval of the loan guarantees with his by-now hackneyed rhetoric about going beyond partisanship. Such rhetoric has not served him well politically so far. And...
View ArticleHow Much in Danger Is Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Obama?
Why can’t a news organization tell us if its own anchors have reason to fear for their lives?
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