By Gregg Gordon
So The War Isn't Gonna Be An Issue, Eh?
Forget the pundits and the polls. The defeat of two incumbent Congressmen in last Tuesday's Maryland primary demonstrate one thing -- It's the war, stupid.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Mumia Abu-Jamal
Media Trips
If this election season has shown us anything, it is that the nations' media has been almost always wrong. In some cases, as in the primaries in the U.S. Northeast, polls were to blame, but what of other boo-boos?cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By "Hoss" David P.
"SHOOT IT DOWN!"
We're going to try and shoot down our failed falling Satellite. I've decided it's the right call and here's why.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By SDrobny
What's Wrong With The Clintons: The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Clintons have exposed themselves to that reptilian brain which seems to have dominated them. And it now includes Hillary's anything to win strategy.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By David Swanson
Crucial Week For Impeachment
Something very important happened in Congress on Thursday. After 7 years of cowering in fear of every dictatorial demand from Bush and Cheney, House Democrats finally rose up and said NO.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Mickey Z.
"You Can Never Be Too Radical": Rethinking Rebellion Before March 19
We don't need more conferences, subcommittees, elections, etc. We need bold steps and drastic measures.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Timothy V. Gatto
The Senate Caves On FISA. Will The House Stand Or Fold?
The Senate shows itself to be spineless. Will the House uphold The Constitution against the invasion of American's Privacy or fold? This is the million-dollar question.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By James Strait
WHY WON'T CORPORATE MEDIA COVER VOTING INTEGRITY ISSUES?
Unless you are a pantieless psycho pop "star"...the media ain't interested. The hell with them..we have opednews.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By David Swanson
Obamessives And Obamicans
A friend just described to me the scene last weekend in Richmond, Va., prior to the Tuesday Virginia primary in which Obama trounced Clinton. Both of them spoke at a Democratic Party dinner in Richmond, and a huge crowd outside and inside cheered and screamed, reportedly mostly for Obama.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By David Swanson
Join Us For A Live Interview With "Uncounted" Director David Earnhardt
As we muddle our way through primary elections fraught with errors, fraud, and suppression, it's useful to look back at the elections of 2004 and 2006. So, on Wednesday February 20th, from 8 to 9 p.m. ET I'll be interviewing David Earnhardt live online, and you can phone in with your questions.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By JGideon
'Daily Voting News' For February 15, 2008
a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issuescd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Ron Corvus
Why You Shouldn't Vote For Hillary
Hillary publicly stated she didn't know Bush was going to use force against Iraq when she voted YES on Lieberman's war bill entitled, "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002."cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Jim Miles
Review - The Seventh Decade: The New Shape Of Nuclear Danger
A well written work explaining the strange psychology of nuclear weapons and their impact on foreign and domestic affairs globally. Overcoming the psychological constructs built around the need for possessing a doomsday weapon will allow the people of the world to make much more significant progress with other dilemmas that threaten our survival.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Suzanne Sataline
An Inconvenient Truth: Anti-Mormon Bias Sunk Romney
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By Martin Zehr
The Role Of Teachers In Opposing The War
If the teachers union becomes more engaged in opposing the war, there is also an issue of how to define its political action that is consistent with this goal. Will it continue to see the Democratic Party as the standard bearer for its active support or will it begin to critically evaluate alternatives, such as the Greens?cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Chris Rice
Universal Healthcare Is A Fraud
Universal healthcare won't work for several reasons. We need 1) tax breaks for education and for doctors who charge below-market fees; 2) to help drug companies reduce the cost of research & development; 3) tort reform capping damages; and 4) to privatize medical systems.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Andrew Bard Schmookler
Obama Is Not Naive About Power
Do you wonder if Obama may not understand how power works in the world? Wonder no more. Here's strong reason to believe he understands power far more deeply than most.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Chesterton-Is-Alive
Results Of The "Super Tuesday" Presidential Primaries
On Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama won nearly the same number of delegates. John McCain smashed his rivals; Mike Huckabee gained more delegates than Mitt Romney; and Ron Paul gained dozens of delegates with respectable double-digit showings in four states. Neither Clinton nor McCain can possibly win in November without a strong vice-presidential running mate.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Allen L Roland
BUSH FEAR CARD IGNORED BY CONGRESS & BLASTED BY OLBERMANN
In perhaps the most blatant example of George W Bush's hypocrisy and misplaced priorities, Bush chooses to protect the phone companies for their illegal actions by playing the fear card ~ which Congress ignores and Keith Olbermann rightfully blasts: Allen L Rolandcd key cover pro 7.2.1

By Jim Freeman
HAMAS AND THE TALIBAN--WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS ON A BUDGET, WHILE WE PISS AWAY BILLIONS
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By Douglas Drenkow
On Michigan, Florida, & Superdelegates: Democrats Be Democrats, Or Else
My greatest concern all along with the issues of seating or not seating the Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida and with the now probably decisive role of "superdelegates" in the convention has not been about procedure in the primaries but about the outcome in the general election. Ultimately, Democrats need to play by the rules and be democratic; that is, not become what we are striving to overcome.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

By William Cormier
FBI Proposes To Notify Private Sector Employers Of Employee Arrests
The FBI stated they have awarded Lockheed Martin a Billion Dollar contract "to develop what is expected to be the world's largest crime-fighting computer database of biometric information." We knew it was coming as the Bush administration presses forward with efforts to keep tabs on every aspect of our lives - and now it appears that the system will be used for much more than identification purposes:cd key cover pro 7.2.1

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators
Conservatives have attempted to deflect attention from the crisis, by blaming the media’s negative coverage and insisting the United States is not headed toward a recession, despite what economists are predicting. The administration’s latest move is to simply hide the data. Yet the Bush administration has decided to shut down this site because of “budgetary constraints,” effective March 1.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Chris Floyd: Let Us Now Praise Judge Scalia, Who Gives Us Hope In This Dark Hour
I must take issue with voices being raised against Scalia's contention that torture is not prohibited by the US Constitution's explicit ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." I think we should embrace it, champion it -- and use it to put George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and a vast host of their minions in jail.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Bush Appeals To Justices On Detainees Case
The administration asked the court to choose one of two options-accept its appeal for expedited review, with arguments taking place in May and a decision to come in the current term, or defer action until the justices decide the case on the rights of the Guantánamo prisoners that is currently before them. Under either option, the administration seeks a stay of the lower court’s ruling, which it calls “serious legal error."cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Seeking Superdelegates
If neither candidate can earn the support of at least 2,025 delegates in the primary voting process, the decision of who will represent the Democrats in November's presidential election will fall not to the will of the people but to these "superdelegates"—the candidates' friends, colleagues and even financial beneficiaries.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Obama's Ties Might Fuel 'Republican Attack Machine'
Hillary Clinton questions whether Barack Obama would be able to withstand what she calls the ''Republican attack machine.'' If Obama does become the Democratic presidential nominee, his Chicago ties might provide the fuel. While the Illinois senator has never been accused of wrongdoing, some of the associations he formed as a community organizer and politician in Chicago may provide fodder for attacks, Dem and Republicancd key cover pro 7.2.1

The Year In Earmarks
12,881 earmarks. $18.3 billion. Taxpayers for Common Sense has cataloged them all, and you can see them right here in their awe-inspiring earmark database of this year's spending bills.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

We Do Not Torture Like The Spanish Inquisition... It's More Like The Khmer Rouge
Can there be a prouder moment in our nation's history? Yesterday Justice Department Official Steven Bradbury rallied to the defense of the CIA's use of waterboarding, arguing that the technique used by the CIA was nothing at all like the "water torture" used by the Spanish Inquisition. "The only thing in common is the use of water," he argued.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Gore Warns On 'Subprime Carbon' Industry
''You need to really scrub your investment portfolios, because I guarantee you -- as my longtime good redneck friends in Tennessee say, I guarandamntee you -- that if you really take a fine-tooth comb and go through your portfolios, many of you are going to find them chock-full of subprime carbon assets,'' says Gore.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

MySpace 'Friend Request' Violates Protection Order
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Confidence Among US Consumers Has Fallen To A 16-year Low
"Bit by bit, the evidence is mounting that the wheels are coming off this economy..."cd key cover pro 7.2.1

UN Shocked By 'grim' Life In Gaza
The UN's top humanitarian affairs official has said he was shocked by the "grim and miserable" situation he witnessed on a visit to the Gaza Strip.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Geoffrey Millard | Interview With Seymour Hersh
Investigation of the Israeli bombing of Syria last fall by Seymour Hersch. Video interview. No official announcements, just a series of leaks. Stovepiping, again, he says. He was motivated to see why MSM went along with it.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Large Blast Hits Mexican Capital Tourist Area
Police and ambulances are attending the scene of a large blast in Mexico City, where at least one person is reported to have been killed and another hurt.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Why Business Succeeds On The Web And Government Mostly Fails
Why is government unable to reap the same benefits as business, which uses technology to lower costs, please customers and raise profits? The three main reasons are lack of competitive pressure, a tendency to reinvent the wheel and a focus on technology rather than organization.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

A Voter's Guide To Education
In an education-focused issue, Time compares Clinton's, Obama's, McCain's, and Huckabee's positions on No Child Left Behind, vouchers, merit pay for teachers, and longer school days or years. The magazine finds that McCain fairs the worst, having only recently made any serious education proposals.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

333,000 US Casualties: Are They Covered?
The number of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans has risen. Although the new budget asks for an increase of funds, the amount is level, considering medical cost inflation. Article details how some are turned down for mental health care costs. Administration responds the law allows discretion.A suit is filed in San Francisco. US says "eligibility for health care, but it does not create an entitlement to any particular medical service"cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Battle-Tested By Joseph C. Wilson
Hillary Clinton has been in that arena for a generation.She is one of the few to have defeated the attack machine that is today's Republican Party and to have emerged stronger.She is deeply knowledgeable about governing; she made herself into a power in the Senate;she is respected by our military;and she never flinches.She has never been intimidated,not by any Republican--not even John McCain. Barack Obama claims...cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Torture And Kangaroo Justice Are Un-American
Justice Scalia's remarks about torture reflect a fundamental problem with conservative judges. While oftentimes sound on economic liberty, they are absolutely atrocious with respect to civil liberties. Scalia's approval of torture in certain circumstances ignores an important point that every first-year law student learns in his constitutional law course: that people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Heat Is On Health Insurers - Lisa Girion
With medical costs rising, record numbers of people losing their coverage and healthcare at the top of the domestic agenda, health insurers found themselves Wednesday in the cross-hairs of regulators, elected officials and law enforcement in California and across the nation.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Theories Of Cancer- Sandra Steingraber
Review of two books: “Secret History of War on Cancer” by Devra Davis, and “Toxic Exposures” by Phil Brown. One examines the historical forces at work when doubt is cast on environmental evidence. The other explores opposing social movements that are struggling to rescue this evidence and to bring about public health policy change based on it. Both should be read together.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

The Permanent Will - David Sirota
Our media love to tell us just how much Americans are pining for an independent presidential candidacy, and specifically, just how much potential support there is for a Mike Bloomberg for President campaign. But, both assertions are fiction, making me ask: Why is the political elite so insistent on crushing what has become a full-fledged uprising in 2008?cd key cover pro 7.2.1

NLG Calls On Justice Antonin Scalia To Recuse Himself From Interrogation-Related Cases
The National Lawyers Guild calls on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from any case coming before the Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of torture as an interrogation technique. In a BBC interview that aired on Tuesday, Scalia defended the use of torture to extract information from persons in custody by law enforcement officials in some cases.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

A Post-Energy-Bill Agenda
Ken Ward offers twelve things that green groups could do about climate change. For one, "a U.S. coalition framework could be agreed upon within weeks if we put our minds to it, and a national convention of U.S. environmentalists could and should be organized for September."cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Clinton's Chief Strategist Mark Penn Tied To Controversial Nuclear Firm
Even as Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was blasting Sen. Barack Obama for his ties to the Exelon Corporation, the firm of Mark Penn, Clinton's chief strategist, was earning hundreds of thousands of dollars from the very same nuclear energy giant. Penn also has ties to the controversial security firm Blackwater.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

MATT TAIBBI: The Chicken Doves
The story of how the Democrats finally betrayed the voters who handed them both houses of Congress a year ago is a depressing preview of what's to come if they win the White House. And if we don't pay attention to this sorry tale now, while there's still time to change our minds about whom to nominate, we might be stuck with this same bunch of spineless creeps for four more years. With no one but ourselves to blame.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Former President Bush To Endorse McCain
George H.W. Bush will endorse John McCain in Texas on Monday, The endorsement represents another step in McCain's tightening grip on the Republican presidential nomination. Little Bush said he'd be glad to help him if he is the nominee." Bush said some of the criticism of McCain was the result of "probably, some personal animosity toward me. You can't please all the people all the time."cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators
The Bush administration’s latest move is to simply hide the data. Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data. Yet the Bush administration has decided to shut down this site because of “budgetary constraints,” effective March 1.cd key cover pro 7.2.1

Pilot Wrongfully Accused Of 9/11 Ties Can Seek Damages
An airline pilot accused of instructing 9/11 terrorists was ultimately found not to be guilty. Extradition between Britain and US is part of the story. The outcome left the man without a way of earning a living. He is seeking regress and will do it in England.cd key cover pro 7.2.1