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Lynne Glasner is a freelance writer/editor based in New York City. She has edited numerous books, fiction and nonfiction, many on political subjects. Her essays have appeared in Commondreams, MediaChannel.org, and Huffington Post as well as OpEd News.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 Going Rogue in the Military: The McChrystal Strategy and Original Intent (6 comments)
An unwinnable war but a winnable narrative, however much invented, McChrystal is now on a path to align with his right-wing civilian comrades who will help him rewrite his own spotted history.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 The State of the Union Is Frozen (5 comments)
The Union is divided and the President's enemies aren't going away. In fact, they're getting louder. Obama's freeze could turn out to be a meltdown, or even a bloodletting.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Accountability and the Maverick
McCain's concept of accountability is driven by his experience with the Keating Five. Will Attorney General Eric Holder turn out to be the real maverick?
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Getting and Spending Keeping the Faith in Government (1 comments)
Congress should start off their new session with a gesture that would show the public that their representatives are working for them, not against them: vote themselves a pay cut.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Crime and Punishment: Scholars Weigh In on the Bush Legacy (2 comments)
At a recent panel discussion, legal scholars explained how the Bush Administration can be prosecuted whether or not the President pardons anyone, including himself. If there is no accountability, the Bush legacy will include a perpetual lame duck Congress.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Keeping the Faith Extends to Prescription Drugs: Drugs, Sex But No Rock 'n Roll (1 comments)
Virginia pharmacy fills prescriptions for Viagra but refuses to fill prescriptions for contraception. The Right wants to take us back to the dark days before the legalization of abortion AND before the legalization of contraception.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Gotcha on Taxes and Other Campaign Labels
The McCain-Palin campaign try to make truthiness stick. Is the flat tax concept going to make a comeback?
Saturday, October 11, 2008 McCain's Base: From Race Card to Mob Card
The politics of hate is back with a vengeance. The McCain campaign has avoided playing the race card, but they have skillfully exploited the mob card.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 The Bush Reign of Terror
More evidence of the erosion of our civil liberties from the Republicans who talk about spreading freedom.
Thursday, May 29, 2008 Did McClellan Pave the Way for a Renewed Call for Impeachment? (3 comments)
Rather than continue to play the blame the press game, impeachment should be put back on the table with McClellan as first witness, with or without immunity.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Geraldo Blows in the Wind (4 comments)
Geraldo v. Colbert: Geraldo hits the panic button. Cry me a river; see Gerry run.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 McCain Enabled: The Grilling of the Press
The fallout from the New York Times piece on McCain's ties to the Vicki Iseman lobby assures that the press will continue its pattern of enabling John McCain.
Friday, October 19, 2007 Harry and Louise vs. Harry and Sally
They've got what the rest of us want but at least 2 Democrats and 154 Republicans, compassionate conservatives all, are only interested in taking care of themselves.
Friday, May 18, 2007 Which Bush Appointments Were Mistakes?
Back in the last presidential debate of 2004, Bush said that the only mistakes he made were in some of his appointments. Was that statement also a mistake?
Sunday, April 22, 2007 Who's Sorry Now? The Unapologetic President and His Apologetic Appointees
Summary: Apologies are part of the liar's poker that's a trademark for the Bush Administration: hold your cards close, keep raising the stakes, never admit anything, and never fold until it's absolutely apparent that there's absolutely no choice.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Connecting the Dots in Election Fraud (1 comments)
Election fraud is not the same as voter fraud, the cry of the Republican apologists who want us to think Bush and Gonzales were just trying to ensure clean elections when they dismissed the US prosecutors. Confusing voting fraud with election fraud is the intent and is part of the problem.
Friday, March 16, 2007 Another Fall Guy: The Plame Game Revisited (4 comments)
Friday's hearings reveal that the White House has a lot to hide but by the time the Supreme Court gets involved, Bush will probably be out of office.
Sunday, December 3, 2006 The Uniter: The Peace Dividend Redux
The most amazing thing has happened: Bush has had his first real success. He is the uniter after all. Bush has finally united the country against the uniter himself, his lies, his double speak, his rotten policies that have created hate and dissention around the world, his incompetence, his cronies. Mission Accomplished.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 Cultural Exchange: Humiliation and the Scarlet G
We can tell ourselves that we have no cultural equivalent of the shame described as peculiarly Muslim, but it's not true. The battle being played out now may be just an attempt to ensure that we don't get fed another portion of the humble pie that was Vietnam. But by far, the biggest shame will be on American citizens if we do not vote out the amoral members of this government. VOTE.
Thursday, October 12, 2006 Moving the Comma
Bush's characterization of Iraq as a comma reveals great hubris. With his credibility on the line, he attempts to inject some jocularity in yesterday's press conference. But it turns out that he proves himself to be the denier, not the decider. Is there a Brutus who will emerge to deny the Bush reality?
Friday, July 28, 2006 Book Review: Unacceptable: The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina
This detailed account of the tragedy of hurricane Katrina, from a journalist who has experience in emergency management services, shows us how the greater tragedy lays in a government that can't respond to help it most vulnerable people. A postscript from the author warns us that nothing has changed in the year since the storm.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Book Review: Conservatives Without Conscience, by John W. Dean
John Dean, former White House counsel for President Nixon, dissects the contemporary conservative policy, exposing the common thread of authoritarianism that runs through it. This book is a wake-up call to the new silent majority and needs to be read by people across the political spectrum.
Sunday, May 21, 2006 Review: Confessions of a Former Dittohead
Book Review: Confessions of a Former Dittohead, By Jim Derych
This book sheds light on the Rush Limbaugh phenomena for those who already think hes an idiot, but the pleasant surprise is that it also presents some incisive arguments that could be used in a sincere attempt to convert those who think hes a hero.
Monday, May 8, 2006 Review: Hostile Takeover-How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government -and How We Take It Back, by David Sirota (1 comments)
Sirota does for his readers what Bush and his cohorts forgot to do for Iraq: plan not just for the assault but also for the aftermath. Sirota provides a revolutionarys handbook of sortsThe Little Blue Book of How to Take Back Our Government, arming readers with the facts needed to counter the spin and a plan to fix it.
Thursday, April 20, 2006 Torture from the Top
The Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal once again claim no one could have predicted the torture scandals. But the consequences of instituting an evil system of punishment for our perceived enemies was a known known.
Monday, April 17, 2006 Bush Jeopardy
As the questions in Bushs Jeopardy game get harder, Bush may indeed have to answer to a higher power--the Republicans who are starting to worry about being in jeopardy.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Luck and the Trifecta of Politics
The public placed their bets on the trust-me president, who gambled on long-shots with the countrys future. Like lottery players all over the country, they are still waiting for their lucky numbers to come in.
Monday, February 27, 2006 Cold War - Hot War: Were in the Red
The Bush proposition that freedom from terrorism must be built through military muscle and diminishing freedoms is a slippery slope that blurs the line between democracy and tyranny.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Whos Amok?
The fight between the Bush Administration and the press is heating up with legal arguments closing in. Much will depend on the credibility of a weakened press and the ability of the media to defend its raison dêtre.
Monday, January 30, 2006 The Cloture Vote
Copy and paste this and contact all memebers of Congress.
Friday, January 27, 2006 The New L Word (1 comments)
The negative spin of the Liberal label needs to be redirected to shine a light on the loopholes that allow cronies to legalize their crimes.
