Iraq: Where has all the money gone?
Ed Harriman of the London Review of Books examines the flow of money into and out of Iraq since the US invasion. It’s a long tale of incompetency, malfeasance and …
No chance: ‘04 election results analyzed by statisticians
Some tinfoil for Yankee Doodle’s hat: UIC Prof’s Statistical Analysis Casts Doubt on ’04 Election Result A University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) professor recently issued a report calling into …
Burning Issues: Symbols, Intolerance and the Constitution
The Left Coaster: Burning the Flag Burning Amendment What I do care about is the desecration of the Constitution. Only once in over two hundred years has this country stupidly …
Profiteering in Iraq
I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost …
Pew surveys public attitudes about media
Summary of Findings: Public More Critical of Press, But Goodwill Persists Public attitudes toward the press, which have been on a downward track for years, have become more negative in …
Exposed: the not-so mainstream media
Big Media Interlocks with Corporate America A research team at Sonoma State University has recently finished conducting a network analysis of the boards of directors of the ten big media …
Mario Cuomo – Keynote Address at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
My Dad’s a pretty mainstream, “middle of the road” Democrat, but he has upon occasion gotten passionate about politics. He still talks about the amazing Keynote Address Mario Cuomo gave …
Segregation now, segregation forever
Steve Gilliard sees the school voucher program for what it is: tax-subsidized segregation. Voucher programs are sold to black parents as a solution, but in reality offer few alternatives but …
Is America the greatest country in the world?
Or what? Digby knows that the correct answer is not (a nod to Charles Shultz) “12”. It seems to me that if you are a member of the “reality based” …