Party realignment now finalized in DC
Democratic Party = party of governing, or occasional stabs at it during moments of crisis, with good and not so good members and policy positions. Republican Party = party of …
Is Obama poised to continue some parts of Bush's torture policies?
Yesterday’s news out of the Justice Department in which it indicated support for Bush’s rendition program (i.e. exit visa for torture outside of US) was horrifying. I really don’t know …
The Party of Big Business is neither big, nor working in the interest of business. Discuss.
John Cole at Balloon Juice may have found the silver lining in the economic disaster looming down on us: The main purpose of the Republican party is to support the …
17 days in and Obama administration throws in the towel on torture
So much for “change we can believe in.” Torturers will not be punished by the American government, and that means that those who ordered them to do so cannot be …
Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration
Formal Petition to Attorney General-Designate Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in War Crimes. Sponsored by Docudharma.com …
The wrong four are going to Guantanamo
Four civil rights groups are asking Obama to let them in to Guantánamo to survey the situation at the facility that is now a synonym for torture and report their …
Fair payback
The company that knowingly screwed Lilly Ledbetter out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, then spent hundreds of thousands to “defend” itself from her discrimination lawsuit all the way to …
Stimulating family planning
There is a great op-ed, Counting Out Women, by Melissa McEwan published today in the Guardian (UK) about Chris Matthews and the general idiocy in the US media (not to …
Why Chris Matthews is not a liberal
Recently while being interviewed by Leslie Stahl (of 60 Minutes, she wants you to know), Rachel Maddow tried to explain to her that Chris Matthews is not a liberal. Stahl …