When Galileo became convinced of the truth about how the solar system works, he didn't decide to just split the difference with the Pope so he could get a few nice editorials about "common ground" and "working together." Obama needs to stop trying to appease the bipartisanship fetishists. READ MORE
Why is Obama Reluctant to Kill the Zombie Banks Threatening Our Economy? The plan laid out -- or, more accurately, sketched out -- by Tim Geithner makes it very clear that he is on the wrong side of the issue, more worried about the banking industry than the American people. Like Hank Paulson before him, Geithner appears more concerned about saving particular banks than saving the banking system. READ MORE
If the NAACP fought so that a Black man could be president in a country that practiced slavery, then it should now stand and represent all people of color and fight to unite every version of "pigment."
After listening to the news from Buffalo, we're likely to conclude there's nothing we can do in a plane crash so even why bother trying. That's understandable, but potentially fatal.
Shangri-la and Brigadoon and Bipartisan. Three mythical places. One of which few Republicans have seemingly ever heard.
The person who I am seeing presently and I have decided not to exchange gifts this Valentine's Day -- it's hard times for everyone. Here's the closest thing I have to a nice Valentine's love song.
The internet simply moves the war of the parties and their funding machines, not just the battle of ideas, to a new domain.
The Outfit Formerly Known as Blackwater made its bones and its less than salubrious name in Iraq. And now it wants to unmake its notoriety by changing its name to Xe.
It never crossed my mind that I would ever speak or write negatively about the work of a fellow filmmaker. I am sure the makers of The Reader are not deniers. But they are helping those who are.
Once the Taliban are cowed into no longer marauding throughout the countryside, we can start talking. But for now, that means more troops in the immediate future.
President Obama would be advised to focus his attention on getting the economy back in order instead of attacking the country's most important social program.
It's factually incorrect. It's not witty. And it perpetuates the falsehood that the science on global warming is not settled.
After 15 years of sniffing condescendingly at the Japanese for nursing along their zombie banks and trying to spend their way out of their economic malaise, we're rushing headlong down the same road.
The collision of two satellites on Tuesday was the first of its kind. It appears that no one knew the collision was imminent -- though the data was probably there, had anyone looked.
Right-wingers are suing the State of California to keep their financial contributions to Prop 8 out of the public view. Secret Santa is one thing, but a secret political contribution is quite another.
We are facing the prospect of global deflation and depression. But I believe the situation could be turned around by adopting a bold and comprehensive program. Unfortunately, Treasury Secretary Geithner has not presented a convincing case.
Russia can certainly help the US greatly in Afghanistan. And the price -- ending the NATO encroachment strategy -- may be an inevitable one anyway, and thus perhaps easily paid.
For years, Democrats have led Republicans in the polls on most of the issues tracked by pollsters except two: national defense and commerce. This administration has an historic chance of changing that.
Investing in our nation's culture makes strong financial sense and will leave a lasting legacy far beyond the current crisis.
Phoenix's disheveled, catatonic appearance on Letterman could potentially be one of the greatest performances any modern actor has ever given -- or at least one of the most baldly courageous.
