Even if the bail-out finally goes ahead, credit is drying up; unemployment is sure to swell, along with all the rage and resentment it brings. So why am I feeling -- tentatively, terribly -- optimistic?
McCain wants us to talk solely about whether the surge of US troops last year has been successful. But a hole was just blown in that argument -- and blood is rushing through.
Since it emerged that McCain has a history of palling around with G. Gordon Liddy, I have been thinking back to the strange few hours I spent with the Watergate burglar back in 2005.
McCain and Obama have recently named the thinkers who have most shaped their political thought. Their reasons are revealing -- and shocking.
To get out of the credit crunch, we need a big package of job creation and economic stimulus. To get out of the climate crunch, we need an army of millions of new workers -- and billions in public spending.
This is a taboo topic for a gay left-wing man like me to touch, but there has always been a weird, disproportionate overlap between homosexuality and fascism. Take a deep breath; here goes.
Shahnaz's husband and his brothers carefully gathered up battery acid, pinned her down, and hurled it into her face. Her crime was to be a Muslim woman who wanted to be treated as equal to a man.
Florida Republicans view Allen West's readiness to torture an innocent Iraqi not as a source of shame, but as his prime qualification for office.
The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again -- and you are almost certainly carrying a blood-soaked chunk of the slaughter in your pocket.
