In the years before becoming a full-time writer, Sirota worked as the press secretary for Vermont Independent Congressman Bernard Sanders, the chief spokesman for Democrats on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, the Director of Strategic Communications for the Center for American Progress, a campaign consultant for Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and a media strategist for Connecticut Senate candidate Ned Lamont. He also previously contributed writing to the website of the California Democratic Party. For more on Sirota, see these profiles of him in Newsweek or the Rocky Mountain News. Feel free to email him at lists [at] davidsirota.com Note: this online publication represents Sirota's personal views, and not the official views of the organizations he works with.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Health Held Hostage (3 comments)
Today's New York Times features a scary full page ad. The bold type headline, over large photos of Reverends Falwell and Robertson and James Dobson, reads: "Meet America's Most Influential Stem Cell Scientists." The ad is sponsored by DEFCON--a new and valuable online grassroots movement designed to combat the religious right 's threat to American democracy.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Senate panel endorses Hayden as CIA director (3 comments)
The 15-member committee, which Republicans control by a single vote, approved Hayden's nomination 12-3 (only three of the panel's seven Democrats voting against him) after an hour-long closed-door discussion.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Pentagon urges China to explain military buildup (3 comments)
China's military buildup has altered Asia-Pacific power balances and could pose threats to other forces, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in an annual report that repeated U.S. calls for Beijing to explain its actions.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Molly Ivins: GOP outsources 'war on terror' to wage a war on 'foreigners' (3 comments)
Last week, Bush toured a portion of the U.S.-Mexico Border maybe doing a little measuring for the $3.2-million-a-mile fence the Senate recently approved, which I guarantee will be really helpful. NOT!
Are they insane? ..."Show me a 50-foot wall, and I'll show you a 51-foot ladder."
Sunday, August 21, 2005 Jim Lobe: Iraq "Tipping Point"? (3 comments)
Has the US public lost so much confidence in the George W. Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war that its current strategy -- to the extent one actually exists -- is unsustainable?
Sunday, August 21, 2005 Robert Fisk: Theme Park Death (3 comments)
Fisk reports happenings in Iraq that sound like the beginning of a Taliban State of Oppression like the one created in Afghanistan, but on a much more massive scale-- courtesy of George Bush, the Republican members of Congress and the spine impaired supporters of the DLC.
Monday, August 8, 2005 President Bush Ditches Mother Of Slain Soldier (3 comments)
"What noble cause did my son die for?" Cindy Sheehan asks, since we know that the original excuses Bush gave are untrue.
Monday, August 8, 2005 Japan faces new political landscape (3 comments)
In Japan, the Post Office has been a key piece of machinery keeping the Liberal Democratic Party in power, with one short break, for the past 50 years.