Dems in Congress Moving Now to Spy on Americans, Reward Telcoms
The Democratic-led Congress, with the support of key House leaders, is moving quickly to expand unconstitutional spying authority on Americans and reward telecoms for breaking the law.
Gingrich epitomizes the craziness of the Right when he came out said giving men held at Guantanamo the right to go before a federal judge is equivalent to the bad decision of Dred Scott.
The Democratic-led Congress, with the support of key House leaders, is moving quickly to expand unconstitutional spying authority on Americans and reward telecoms for breaking the law.
The Burmese regime has urged that humanitarian aid not be "politicized," but its using the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis to tighten its grip on power while excluding to help its own people.
What appalled me was that Rose allowed key problems regarding Americans' perceptions of the Iraq adventure to be omitted from the discussion altogether.
Uganda hasn't attracted the attention of any celebrities, but the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army has raped, mutilated, and killed thousands of the nation's citizens.
When people start reinventing themselves based on the latest "criteria" -- it's risky. Change is what Obama's campaign is largely about, but changing his wife shouldn't be.
Earmarks are back on the scene. Despite repeated attempts to kill the industry, or at least weaken it, the current House defense authorization bill contains almost $10 billion dollars of red ink.
The results should be disturbing to anyone who still cherishes the illusion, maintained by the administration, that the Guantanamo prisoners are "the worst of the worst."
On the first full day of same-sex weddings in California, what was notable about the scene at West Hollywood Park was what it wasn't.
295 people have already participted in my traveling public art project "I Wish to Say," in which I set up an office -- complete with a manual typewriter -- and invite passersby to dictate postcards to the next president.
Does Jason Furman, the Obama campaign's new economic policy coordinator, really favor privatizing Social Security and cutting corporate taxes? Nonsense.
Today, McCain suddenly changed his ads to emphasize distance from Bush and positions him as an environmental champion. Apparently, someone informed him that his maverick image was fast fading.
Yes, the knights of change riding into Washington can do it. But only if they are vigilant against the Blue Dogs who hunt in the jungles of the capitol.