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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.

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SHARE More Sharing        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.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Crime and Punishment: Scholars Weigh In on the Bush Legacy 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.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The State of the Union Is Frozen 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.
SHARE More Sharing        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 country’s future. Like lottery players all over the country, they are still waiting for their lucky numbers to come in.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 24, 2010
Going Rogue in the Military: The McChrystal Strategy and Original Intent 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.
A small group of protestors gathered in front of the courthouse. Their message was clear but how many heard it?, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 22, 2015
Inside Out: How Many Innocent People Are Inside? Prosecutorial misconduct undermines the fundamental principles of a democracy. Although there are citizen groups actively fighting to restore balance to the system, the corruption is so deeply entrenched that it may be too late.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 15, 2006
Review: Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast Book Review: Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 4, 2009
Getting and Spending – Keeping the Faith in Government 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.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 9, 2006
Book Review: Screwed: The Undeclared War on the Middle Class by Thom Hartmann "Screwed" could go a long way in educating the middle class about how they are voting against their own interests when voting for Republicans.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        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?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Keeping the Faith Extends to Prescription Drugs: Drugs, Sex But No Rock 'n Roll 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.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Geraldo Blows in the Wind Geraldo v. Colbert: Geraldo hits the panic button. Cry me a river; see Gerry run.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 29, 2008
Did McClellan Pave the Way for a Renewed Call for Impeachment? 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.
SHARE More Sharing        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?
SHARE More Sharing        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?
SHARE More Sharing        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.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Connecting the Dots in Election Fraud 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.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 27, 2006
Cold War - Hot War: We’re 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.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The Dems Have Only Themselves to Blame (But We Have to Suffer the Consequences) So long as the Democrats let Joe Lieberman blackmail them in maintaining majority status in the Senate, they will continue to be seen as weak-kneed.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 27, 2006
The New L Word 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.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 13, 2006
The Silence of the Pig: On the Cusp of WWIII As President Bush and Chancellor Merkel barbeque a boar, the Middle East is becoming a barbeque pit.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 30, 2006
The Cloture Vote Copy and paste this and contact all memebers of Congress.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 1, 2008
McCain Turns Bush Strategy into Campaign Tactic McCain uses failed Bush strategies in his campaign.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Climate Change: Denial of Libby Lies Tries to Stem the Tide The fallout from the Libby verdict is being carefully managed and the press once again is going along.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Who’s 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 d’être.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 27, 2007
Revenge – American Style: What the Democratic Party Debate Tells Us about Strategy Summary: the primitive concept of revenge is very much still with us and it has infused itself throughout the Republican Party.
SHARE More Sharing        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 he’s 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 he’s a hero.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 8, 2006
Review: Hostile Takeover-How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government -and How We Take It Back, by David Sirota 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 revolutionary’s handbook of sorts—The 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.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The Middle East Tightrope: Parental Control Needed We need an adult referee to force the warring parties to go into their corners and take a time out.
SHARE More Sharing        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?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 17, 2006
Bush Jeopardy As the questions in Bush’s 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.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 5, 2006
Roll Over Karl Rove – That Dog Don’t Hunt Predicitons of the Republican wild card - the foiled terror plot at the Super Bowl.
SHARE More Sharing        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.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 16, 2007
Another Fall Guy: The Plame Game Revisited 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.

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