112 Articles

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The Politicians Who Love War, But Don't Want To Pay For It

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Bush Fiddles While The Planet Burns

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Why Do Conservatives Hate Insuring Kids?

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Our "Vital" National Interst in Iraq? Oil, Oil, Oil

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Don't They Know There's A War On?
(1 comments)

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
P.R. And Spin Can't Hide Failures In Iraq

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
How Hurricane Katrina Exposed The Fallacies of Conservatism

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Right Was Wrong On Iraq. So Why Are They Still Being Taken Seriously?

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Wishing For Another 9/11?
(1 comments)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The FISA Vote: Once Again, Democrats Show Their Spinelessness
(1 comments)

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Extreme Capitalism and the Financialization of America

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Executive Power Gone Wild
(1 comments)

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
How The Bush Administration Uses Fear As A Political Tool
(1 comments)

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Bush, Cheney and the Nixon Principle
(1 comments)

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Immigration: The Issue That May Tear Apart The GOP
(3 comments)

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The Adminstration That Cries Wolf

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Is Cold War II Just Around The Corner?
(1 comments)

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Eating on $3 a Day: The Shame of the Food Stamp Program

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The 2008 Election: Faster, and More Dismal Than Before
(2 comments)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Impeachment: The Only Way to End the Iraq War
(4 comments)

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Greg Palast: The Last Muckraker?
(4 comments)

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
War Is Over! (If Bush Wants It, and He Doesn't Seem To)

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
A Missed Opportunity for Impeachment in Vermont
(2 comments)

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Diplomacy Works Better Than Bombs

Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The GAO Sounds the Alarm on "Peak Oil"

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Not One More Dime For This Immoral War
(4 comments)

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Seeking Atonement For Wars Both Distant and Present
(1 comments)

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
How Vermonters Helped End The Cold War

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Cindy Sheehan: An Unstoppable Woman
(3 comments)

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Fool Us Twice? Shame On Us
(3 comments) The lies to sell the Iraq war are being recycled to sell an attack on Iran.

Thursday, February 22, 2007
Who Is Really Supporting the Troops?
There is a big gulf between the GOP's talk of "supporting the troops" and the treatment they're getting when the troops come home.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
A Question of Priorities
(5 comments) Bush and Congress keep shoveling money at the Pentagon and cutting taxes on the rich, while other domestic priorities get ignored.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Congress Can, and Should, Stop The War in Iraq
If Congress has the guts, it can stop George Bush's war right now.

Thursday, February 1, 2007
Molly Ivins: A Mighty Voice Is Stilled
(5 comments) Molly Ivins is gone, and it hurts like hell.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Nuclear Power Is Not Clean, Green or Cheap
(4 comments) The nuclear power industry tries to "greenwash" itself into a enivironmentally responsible energy source.

Thursday, January 11, 2007
The Ultimate Cost of Bush's Hubris in Iraq
The "new way forward" in Iraq will mean more dead, more wounded and more trouble for the U.S.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007
THE BUTCHER'S BILL: 3,000 DEAD, AND COUNTING, IN IRAQ
(1 comments) The US death toll in Iraq has reached 3,000. Does anyone in the White House care?

Sunday, December 24, 2006
A Toon For Our Time: Hugh Harman's "Peace on Earth"

Thursday, December 14, 2006
Impeachment Should Not Be A Taboo For Democrats
(1 comments) Impeachment? Why not? John Nichols' new book says it's a necessary part of our democracy.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Making a List: Who Are The Most Influential People in American History?
(4 comments) The Atlantic's Top 100 offers plenty to debate for those interested in American history.

Friday, December 1, 2006
A Young Man's Chronicle of Hell
(1 comments) At 22, Mohammed Omer has seen enough bloodshed in Gaza to last a lifetime. But he is determined to tell the world the truth about what's happening in his homeland.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
So, What's The Plan For Iraq?
(1 comments) The Bush administration faces a crossroads in its Iraq strategy. Will they blow this chance too?

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
A Woman-Powered Victory For Democrats
(1 comments) The Democrats have won, and you can thank women for that.

Friday, November 10, 2006
When Is "Never Again?"
(3 comments) Eighty eight years ago today, the "war to end all wars" ended. "Never again" was the cry of the survivors. Little did they know what would their sons, grandsons and great-grandsons would go through.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006
When the Warriors Start Saying, "Enough!"
The people who have to do fighting in Iraq are now having second thoughts about doing so.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Republicans and the Culture of Stupidity
(1 comments) Vermont is the smartest state in the union. It is also one of the bluest states. Coincidence? Not at all.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The Nuclear Menace: It's Back, Thanks to Bush
(2 comments) If we are entering a new nuclear arms race, the blame can be placed squarely on President Bush's shoulders.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Iraq, Iran and the Folly of Faith-Based Foreign Policy
Two realists on Iraq and Iran say there is little hope that things in the Middle East will improve as long as the Bush administration is in power.

Tuesday, October 3, 2006
If a Bill of Rights Falls in the Forest, Does Anybody Hear?
(6 comments) Congress sells out our civil liberties, and America shrugs.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Jeff Cohen's Journey Through the Cable News Looking Glass
In his new book, "Cable News Confidential," Jeff Cohen shows that cable news is even worse than you think.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Thom Hartmann's Frontline Dispatches From The War On The Middle Class
(4 comments) Thom Hartmann's new book, "Screwed," describes how working Americans are caught in the free fire zone of the class war.

Friday, September 8, 2006
The Real Road to 9/11
(6 comments) Here a bit of the history that ABC doesn't want to talk about in its upcoming 9/11 film.

Tuesday, September 5, 2006
A CASE OF HISTORY ABUSE: BUSH, RUMSFELD AND FASCISM
(1 comments) There they go again! The White House misuses and distorts history to sell the war on terror.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006
KATRINA: A TRAGEDY MADE WORSE BY THE BUSH ADMINSTRATION'S INCOMPETENCE
(1 comments)

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
TRADING FREEDOM FOR SECURITY LEAVES US WITH NEITHER
(1 comments) Britain is rapidly becoming an authoritarian state, and a model for what the future of law enforcement in the U.S. could be.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006
HILLARY CLINTON: IS SHE THE NEXT PRO-WAR DEMOCRAT TO FALL?
(4 comments) Hillary Clinton, who voted for the Iraq war, may be the next pro-war Democrat to go down to defeat.

Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Is optimism dead in America?
(1 comments) Optimism is a rare commodity in America today. What's happened to it?

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
World War III: The GOP's Ultimate Trump Card?
(1 comments) World War III isn't unthinkable anymore. It's now the Republican Party's campaign strategy for 2006 and beyond.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
A Time To Worry
(1 comments) In a time when we need someone intelligent in the White House, we're stuck with George W. Bush.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006
THE GOP STEALS ANOTHER ELECTION, THIS TIME IN MEXICO
(1 comments)

Tuesday, July 4, 2006
A FREE NATION NEEDS A FREE PRESS

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
THE SUPREME COURT BLOWS IT YET AGAIN ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
The Supreme Court rejects Vermont's campaign finance law and again misses an opportunity for advancing the cause of clean elections.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE OVER BUSH'S ELECTION FRAUD?
(4 comments) The mainstream press has ignored vote fraud and vote manipulation for too long.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
AL-ZARQAWI IS DEAD, BUT NOTHING WILL CHANGE IN IRAQ
(1 comments)

Wednesday, June 7, 2006
WAR THEN, WAR NOW: ONE VET'S ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE VIETNAM AND IRAQ
(1 comments) A Vietnam veteran is using the letters he sent home to his wife to show readers some of the universal truths of war, truths we are learning anew in Iraq.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006
IRAQ: THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST PLACE FOR JOURNALISTS
Seventy-one journalists have been killed in action so far in the Iraq war, making it the deadliest conflict ever for journalists.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006
TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES WITH CONDOLEEZZA RICE
(4 comments) A meeting with one of the architects of the Bush administration's foreign policy reveals little and shows the discipline of a White House that only communicates in talking points.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT SOLDIERS AND WALLS, WILL STEM IMMIGRANT SURGE
(2 comments) One way to keep Mexicans from flooding into the United States is to rebuild the Mexican economy and undo the damage from a decade of NAFTA.

Tuesday, May 9, 2006
TIME TO PUT SOME REAL MONEY INTO RAIL SERVICE
(1 comments) Amtrak marks its 35 birthday by being slowly starved into oblivion. But the times demand more, not less, rail service.

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
FAREWELL, PROFESSOR GALBRAITH
With John Kenneth Galbraith's passing, we lost a great hero for the cause of liberalism and I lost a great mentor.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
THE WAKE-UP CALL ON ENERGY HAS ARRIVED
Rising oil prices are back, and it's time for our leaders to get serious about weaning this nation off fossil fuels and imported oil.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
THE TAX SYSTEM WASN'T ALWAYS RIGGED AGAINST THE LITTLE GUY
The wealthy and corporation pay less and less in taxes. It wasn't that long ago when they paid a fair share.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006
BUSH PREPARES FOR ANOTHER WAR, AND THE NATION YAWNS
Are we going to get fooled again and have another unnecessary Bush war? Only if we let them fool us twice.

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
REPUBLICANS ARE STILL CLINGING TO THE "W" BRAND
Three years ago, George W. Bush was called "the popular wartime president." Today, his approval rating approaches Nixonian levels.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS TRIES TO SLAM SHUT THE GOLDEN DOOR
(2 comments) Every American came from somewhere else. So why are we cracking down on this generation of immigrants?

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
RIGHT-WINGERS HATE VERMONT, AND WE DON'T CARE
(2 comments) Why has one little state become so hated by the radical right? Because Vermonters like to be contrary.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
WHERE SECRECY BLOOMS, SO DOES TYRANNY
The Bush White House loves secrecy and hates journalists — a combination that is lethal for a healthy democracy

Wednesday, March 8, 2006
FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAINS COMES THE CRY, "IMPEACH HIM!"
Five towns in Vermont used their annual town meetings to demand the impeachment of President Bush.

Wednesday, March 1, 2006
GULAGS 'R' US
(3 comments) We've become the United States of Torture, and few of us seem to care.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SELLS US OUT AGAIN, THIS TIME TO DUBAI
(1 comments) Once again, Bush puts his cronies ahead of national security.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
WHACKING THE HORNETS NEST: THE INSANITY OF A U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN
An U.S. attack on Iran would likely have dangerous consequences for America, and the world.

Wednesday, February 8, 2006
BUSH REFUSES TO CONFRONT THE TRUE COST OF THE IRAQ WAR

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
THE FIGHT IS NOW TOUGHER, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TOUGH

Wednesday, January 25, 2006
MORE LYING ABOUT SPYING BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
President Bush can say he didn't break the law, but he did, and did so repeatedly.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
THE CASHMAN CASE: YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RIGHT-WING DEMAGOGUERY
An attack on a Vermont judge by the right-wing screamers shows how they never let facts stand in the way of their arguments.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE: A NO-BRAINER ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS
(1 comments) Raising the federal minimum wage is something long overdue and a sure-fire campaign issue for 2006.

Wednesday, January 4, 2006
THE 27-9-3 RULE AND HONING THE MESSAGE FOR 2006
(1 comments) How can the GOPs be beaten? Keep the message short, simple and focused.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005
THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
2005 will likely go down in history as the year the Bush administration fell apart for good.

Monday, December 19, 2005
THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. PERIOD.
If the rule of law still means anything in this nation, President Bush must be held accountable for flouting federal surveillance laws.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005
RELIGIOUS TYRANNY AND THE WAR AGAINST REASON
(2 comments) The "war against Christmas" masks a bigger war — the war against reason and against those who reject religious dogma as a basis for public policy.

Wednesday, December 7, 2005
NEWSPAPERS AREN'T DYING, BUT THEY MAY YET COMMIT SUICIDE
The death of newspapers may be slightly exaggerated, but that death may end up being self-inflicted by short-sighted management.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005
CENSORSHIP WITH BOMBS
"Killing the messenger" is a concept President Bush seem to take literally.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005
REPUBLICANS TRY YET AGAIN TO STEAL FROM THE POOR
The GOP wants to cut food stamps, Medicaid and student loans to pay for the Iraq war and more tax breaks for the wealthy.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
CIVILIZED NATIONS SHOULDN'T TORTURE (UNLESS THEY'RE RUN BY REPUBLICANS)
(1 comments) Why does the United States and its current leaders love torture and running secret prisons so much?

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
CHARITY IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR AN ACTIVIST GOVERNMENT
Twenty-five years ago, the Reagan revolution began. It meant the end of government as the protector of the poor.

Wednesday, November 2, 2005
IT'S TIME TO START TAKING THE THEOCRATS SERIOUSLY
(1 comments) What happens when church and state become one? A new documentary examines that question

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
PETER GALBRAITH'S THREE-STATE REMEDY FOR AVOIDING CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ
Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds want to control their own destinies in Iraq. The U.S. should let them, and can prevent a civil war in the process.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
"MISS RUN AMOK" TAKES DOWN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Judith Miller chose her sources over her newspaper and ended up burning both.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005
MORE DEADLY THAN 9/11: THE COMING FLU PANDEMIC
Time and money wasted on "the war on terror" has left this nation vulerable to a deadly flu pandemic.

Wednesday, October 5, 2005
TODAY'S GOP: HOME OF CRONY CAPITALISM AND CORRUPTION
(1 comments) The Republican Party is starting to collapse, crushed by the weight of its own corruption.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
THE MYTH OF COMPETENCE IN THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE
(1 comments) How the "CEO President" is running this nation straight into the ground.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
THE FAITH-BASED ECONOMY IS ABOUT TO MEET REALITY
(1 comments) Alan Greenspan and the Bush administration pretend that all is well economically. They are about to get a very rude awakening.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
IT'S TIME TO REACQUAINT CONSERVATIVES WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNANCE
While President Bush is in the mood to accept some responsibility for his actions, why not also accept responsibility for letting our federal government fall into disrepair?

Tuesday, September 6, 2005
HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION LET NEW ORLEANS DIE
The gross incompetance of the Bush adminstration is directly responsible for the misery we're seeing in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
WE NEED TO START TALKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT GETTING OUT OF IRAQ
(4 comments) It may finally, unavoidably be time to start having a serious national conversation about the war in Iraq and how to end it.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005
WHY DO CONSERVATIVES HATE VETERANS AND GOLD STAR MOTHERS?
The anti-military right attacks Cindy Sheehan and anyone else who dares to question the Iraq war.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005
A MOTHER'S GRIEF AND A PRESIDENT'S ARROGANCE
President Bush has had lots of time for fun on his vacation, but no time to answer the concerns of Cindy Sheehan.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005
RECOVERING THE TRUE STORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
The seeds of the nuclear arms race were sown by the U.S. decision to censor the horrific effects of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Wednesday, August 3, 2005
LIPSTICK ON A PIG
The name of the war might change, but not the flawed thinking behind it.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005
REJECTING FEAR IS THE KEY TO STOPPING TERROR
We must not let terrorists, nor those who say they will protect us from terrorism, scare us into leading shrunken, fearful lives

Wednesday, July 20, 2005
BETTER PAID AND BETTER TRAINED WORKERS EQUALS MORE PRODUCTIVITY
(1 comments) Smart companies know that slash and burn management doesn't yield long term profits.

Thursday, July 14, 2005
A MORE RATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY IS THE BEST WAY TO STOP TERROR ATTACKS
The Bush and Blair administrations share the blame for the rise in terror attacks.