28 Articles

Saturday, August 11, 2007
The GWOT is a failure; demand change now
(1 comments) With Congress on recess now is the time to contact your Representative and Senators with an informed statement of the failure of GWOT and a demand for change.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Come on all you big strong men
(1 comments) General Peter Pace shows his lack of understanding of the political and stratgic nature of war

Sunday, July 1, 2007
Assassination is cowardly
(4 comments) Courage is not the mere acceptance of risk, courage has a moral dimension, too.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
No more Cheney
(2 comments) Dems and progressives should stop fighting the battles of the past and imagine our shared future

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Health Care reform chimerical
(2 comments) Health care reform must not only be inclusive, it must be equitable

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The 60-12 solution
(33 comments) A Democrat only strategy to end the war is ineffective. Seven steps to gain anti-war GOP votes in the Congress.

Saturday, June 23, 2007
The Left, Moving Front and Center
E.J. Dionne wrote recently regarding the moderation of the left

Friday, June 22, 2007
Abstinence only instruction
(21 comments) Abstinence only instruction is not about avoiding sex- it is about building character.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Time to step up
Author steps up to his own calls for activism and tosses his hat into the ring.

Monday, April 16, 2007
Step up activities have a spiritual dimension, too
(2 comments) The success of Step up provides Christians and other people of the faith an opportunity to examine their eco-spirituality

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Clinton the strongest candidate on Iraq
(17 comments) Robert Chapman explains why he views Senator Clinton as the best candidate to end the war in Iraq

Thursday, April 12, 2007
McCain is short-sighted on Iraq
McCain's political positioning causes poor judgement on Iraq.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Democrats must articulate values
(6 comments) Robert Chapman advocates the Democratic Party establish itself as America's center-left movement.

Monday, April 9, 2007
Consequences of continuing the occupation
Robert Chapman exhorts Americans to consider the cost of the occupation in calculating the consequences of policy choices

Saturday, March 31, 2007
Boycott beef
(2 comments) Robert Chapman advocates a beef boycott in support of the troop withdrawal

Thursday, February 15, 2007
The Valentine's Day Press Conference
Bush's Valentines Day press conference asks us to trust him once again.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Open letter to Robert Gates
Open letter to US Defense Secretary Gates regarding his denunciation of non-binding Senate Resolution censuring the Surge in US troop strength in Iraq.

Sunday, January 28, 2007
Impeachment is not a good idea
(11 comments) Impeachment leads directly away from people power. People power will be enhanced by mobilization and voting. At some point the government, the educational system and the judicial system will be resettled with progressives. Until and unless that takes place, the conservative corporate structure will remain its hydra headed self.

Thursday, January 25, 2007
State of the Union 07
President Bush uses the Capitol rostrum for a Red Meat Partisan speech.

Sunday, January 21, 2007
Consequence of staying the Course
President Bush thinks if at first you don't succeed, keep doing the same thing, only harder. The surge is just another way to say, "Stay the Course."

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
What a Free Press Could Do for America
Frustrated by the Administration bogarting the news? Here's what you could be reading or viewing instead.

Sunday, January 14, 2007
What has changed
President Bush has proposed a major policy change for Iraq, what has changed since October 06?

Tuesday, September 12, 2006
What to do
How Bush policies in Iraq will leave us weaker and some ideas on what to do next.

Thursday, September 7, 2006
Staying the Course has become the Voyage of the Damned

Saturday, September 2, 2006
Iraq's occupation caused our defeat in the Global War on Terror
(2 comments)

Friday, September 1, 2006
Don't believe Rumsfeld's statement about appeasement
(3 comments)

Saturday, August 26, 2006
America's spiritual needs
In this article the author reviews a disppointing exchange between an Iranian woman and American peace activists. The author connects America's religious and moral perversity to its bellicose and threatening foreign policy and suggests spiritual forms of service and tolerance as the remedy.

Monday, July 31, 2006
Another look at the values debate
(1 comments) The author questions the ability of Americans to continue their polarization around religious issues.