President God
You know it’s a bad sign when a news report — the the Washington Post, no less — starts like this: As Congress opened hearings yesterday on the treatment of …
Fascism in America
“When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.” – Huey Long In 2003, the Free Inquiry magazine published an article by Lawrence Britt, called “Fascism, …
Joe blinks
I don’t usually post about Democratic Party machinations, but this is a giddy day in Netrootsland. Booman’s take: Lieberman Jumps Ship Joe Lieberman jumped ship today. He pledged to run …
War on the media
Media Matters – “Media Matters”; by Paul Waldman This week, the conservatives declared war. Not on The New York Times. Not even on the media in general. No, this week …
Changing Political Culture: Media revolution required
Barbra O’Brien of Mahablog guest blogs at Unclaimed Territory and introduces her series on saving democracy through media activism. I can’t wait to read the rest of it. She says …
SCOTUS: Gitmo bad, no can do
Or, you know, more legalistically: SCOTUSblog: Hamdan Summary — And HUGE News […] the Court held that Congress had, by statute, required that the commissions comply with the laws of …
Does Hillary running mean the post mortum of the liberal blogosphere?
An interesting storyline has developed, with Hillary hiring a prominent blogger. What does it mean? What triumphs or disasters does it bode? I expect the arc to last at least …
The time has come
Atrios: Stand up now. Update: Glenn Greenwald explains why.
Vote 2006: a time for Americanism
Brent Budowsky predicts the outcome of the elections this year. He thinks America will win. The Washington insiders don’t get it, but its really simple, this election is not about …