Fireworks Brighter for Blacks this Fourth of July

Francesca Biller-Safran, 07.03.2009

Award-Winning Journalist, Author, Humorist, Website: FrancescaBiller-Safran.com

As a person of mixed race, I have had many blacks since Obama's election confide in me with comments along these lines, "We finally have a brother in ...

Obama's Kremlin Gambit

Brian Whitmore, 07.03.2009

Senior Correspondent, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Well, I can't say that I saw this coming. In an interview with the Associated Press that hit the wires on July 3, U.S. President Barack Obama droppe...

Woman to Woman: Advice to Gov. Sarah Palin on Running for the Presidency in 2012

Sophia A. Nelson, 07.03.2009

Sarah Palin's choice to "affect positive change from outside government" is simply code for "I'm running for president."

On climate, health care, and spending, Obama can't do it alone.

Bill Shireman, 07.03.2009

President and CEO of the Future 500

This Fourth of July, it is time for us to lead It is the responsibility of leaders to make the necessary possible. Needless to say, however, we don'...

Why Trial Date for African Embassy Bombing Suspect Is Good News

Andy Worthington, 07.03.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.

The Sanders Rule: All Bills Get Up or Down Votes

Cenk Uygur, 07.03.2009

Host of The Young Turks

What is the point of getting to 60 senators in the Democratic caucus if you can't keep the caucus together on all of the votes? Well, Bernie Sanders has the answer.

SNAFU: Truck You, Detroit, or Tanks for Nuttin'

Reese Schonfeld, 07.02.2009

Our military procurement system is a mess. Our automobile industry is a mess. We might have helped both if we had gotten them to agree to build the next generation of military vehicles together.

Think Again: The Strange Politics of Collusion (and "Dickishness")

Eric Alterman, 07.02.2009

Alleged dickishness notwithstanding, the argument between Pitney and Milbank was not nearly as trivial as it might initially appear.

Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity

Stuart Whatley, 07.02.2009

Writer based in Virginia

Obama's self-imposed rule against lobbyists in his administration, and the method whereby he is now implementing his progressive agenda, hews toward a rather perverse irony, if not hypocrisy.

The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?

William Bradley, 07.02.2009

California-based political analyst NewWestNotes.com

This is a fight between some neocons who still want to promote Palin and their discredited geopolitical agenda against some Republican would-be modernizers.

What's WorldNetDaily Hiding on Obama Birth Certificate?

Terry Krepel, 07.02.2009

ConWebWatch.com founder and editor, Media Matters senior editor

WND's desperate campaign to demand that Barack Obama prove he's a "natural born citizen" -- even though he already has -- is one long trail of falsehoods presented as facts.

A Gitmo Tragedy: The Uighurs

Ginny Sloan, 07.02.2009

Of the many Guantanamo tragedies, perhaps none has been greater than our handling of the Uighurs, a group of Chinese Muslim detainees.

WATCH : The Washington Post All Access Fire Sale

Lee Stranahan, 07.02.2009

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

Because a flier is not enough....

Iran and the C.I.A

Tom Gabbay, 07.02.2009

This revolution, if that's what it is, can only come from the Iranian people. The US must remain on the sidelines; a spectator to what could be a game changer in the Middle East and beyond.

Freud, the Consumer Finance Protection Agency and Madoff

Jim Randel, 07.02.2009

Jim Randel is the founder of The Skinny On book series.

As Freud said, "the mind is an arena for the struggle of antagonistic impulses." And so a la Freud, here are my competing thoughts on the necessity of increased government regulation.

Slapping Obama, or Please God, Keep Israel from Making Peace

Bradley Burston, 07.02.2009

Bradley Burston is a columnist for Haaretz and Senior Editor, haaretz.com

Everyone who lives here is a hostage. We know it, even if we are often surprised anew by the specific people who are currently holding us hostage, staving off progress toward a future peace.

Census 2010: The Right's Super-Secret Plan to End All Plans

Karl Frisch, 07.02.2009

Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America

Pssst. Hey, conservatives ... I want to let you in on a devious little plan being hatched by your leaders in the media.

Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce, 07.02.2009

Jim Luce (www.jimluce.com) writes and speaks on Thought Leaders and Global Citizens.

Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.

Time for President Obama to Throw Down Against the Corrupt and Spineless

Bob Cesca, 07.03.2009

Political Author, Blogger, and New Media Producer

Enough prevaricating. The storm is perfect. Kick some ass, Mr. President.

The Only Thing Toxic About The White House Kitchen Garden Is The Misinformation: Scientists Correct The Record On Contamination

Eddie Gehman Kohan, 07.02.2009

Editor, ObamaFoodorama.com

No one is being poisoned by eating the bounty of wonderful crops that have been grown in the White House Kitchen Garden, period.

All 13 Democrats are voting for new HELP health care bill

Jason Rosenbaum, 07.02.2009

Activist living in Washington, DC; works for Health Care for America Now

The HELP Committee has released their final version of a health care bill, including a public health insurance option and a provision for shared respo...