Afghanistn War

Selective Deficit Disorder and the Zombie Lie Machine

David Sirota | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

That's what Douthat does -- perpetuates the zombie lie that spending on anything vaguely progressive is at least as much to blame for bankrupting the nation as spending on corporate largesse, à la the Wall Street bailout.

500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War

New York Times | KIRK SEMPLE and ANDREW W. LEHREN | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Not long after Staff Sgt. Matthew D. Blaskowski was killed by a sniper's bullet last Sept. 23 in eastern Afghanistan, his mother received an e-mail me...