SHARE        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.

(4 comments) SHARE        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.

SHARE        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        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.

SHARE        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        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        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        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.

SHARE        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.

SHARE        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        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        Thursday, June 15, 2006
Review: Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast Book Review: Armed Madhouse, by Greg Palast

SHARE        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        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        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.

SHARE        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        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.

SHARE        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        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        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.