Who Is Our Government For?
dday, writing in Giving Away The Tax Argument at Digby's Hullabaloo blog, asks why so many California newspapers have "tax increase calculators" but n...
dday, writing in Giving Away The Tax Argument at Digby's Hullabaloo blog, asks why so many California newspapers have "tax increase calculators" but n...
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
Imagine my surprise when the New York Times published an op-ed yesterday describing a new "great compromise" on gay marriage that essentially provided for marriage rights with religious exemptions.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
For the first 180 years of existence, the United States never included god in its motto, on its currency, or in any document creating the republic.
Robert D. Patterson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
On this chilly January day I yearned for the warmth of July 4th, the warmth that comes from knowing you belong in the land your ancestors toiled upon as slaves, and died for in wars.
Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media
The same media that is creating a negative impression of President Obama is saying little about the outgoing administration's widespread destruction of official government records.
Brandt Goldstein | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
Obama has issued an executive order to shut down the prison. That alone is not enough. An executive order can be changed -- easily.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics
Perhaps Obama might take a page out of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? What he needs to be a great leader are three things he has developed over the years of his public service.
Mary Ann West | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment
Concert volunteer PJ ands-Johnson is part of the 60 person Bahama for Obama volunteer group staying in local homes and hotels for their 5 day Washington DC stint.
nytimes.com | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. "I don't beli...
Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Most of us have a presidential fantasy. Some of us long to transform the health care system. Some imagine the possibilities in humanitarian aid. Oth...
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
It would be wrong for an outgoing President who presided over disastrous... enterprises like the torture program to unilaterally slam the door on all future investigations into that conduct.
Doug Kendall | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
The letter in defense of Eric Holder is a classic articulation of the idea that the President is a unitary executive. It also happens to be essentially right.
Jeff Norman | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
Reid expressed willingness to negotiate. But when he and Burris meet, it is Burris who will be in the stronger position, Reid who must yield lest his illicitness become too apparent to the public.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
The recent upset and political theatre over the appointment and seating of the Junior Senator Rolland Burris (D-Ill) made me cringe. As I sat and watc...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
Happy New Year 2009! Because I've always felt it is more amusing to make new year's resolutions that others should follow, today's Friday Talking Poin...
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
It was refreshing to see Joe Biden refuse to take the diplomatic route about Dick Cheney's preposterous statements on -- where else? -- Fox News Sunday.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
During a Fox News segment, Cheney calmly claimed that the president is not bound by law during times of war. Allow that thought to sink in for a moment before continuing your day.
Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics
Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics
The Illinois Supreme Court has just rejected what was in essence a coup attempt by the state Attorney General, which would have installed the Lt. Governor in Blagojevich's place.
Noah Manne | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
Let's start with this premise: Equal treatment under the law. That is what the U.S. Constitution guarantees, and that is what we, as Americans, agre...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...
Doug Kendall | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment, or the repeal of Prohibition. Tonight, throughout the land, patriots shal...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics
At first glance it defied credulity that the... Chicago Tribune would do something as screwball as giving any credence to the issue of whether... Obama is really a U.S. citizen or not.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
if there is to be any change, it is going to be brought about by us, "we the people," not the politicians. No president, no congressman and no judge can do what you can.
Dave Johnson | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics