Dwight Eisenhower

Ike Was Right

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics


Sen. Bernie Sanders

With $9.3 trillion national debt, a declining economy and enormous unmet needs, the time is long overdue for Congress to stop rubber-stamping White House requests for military spending.

Karl Rove and the Media-Politico Revolving Door: It Goes Further Back than Stephanopoulos

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media


Robert Schlesinger

The New York Times traces the trend as far back as George Stephanopoulos's switch from the Clinton White House to ABC News, but it goes much further back.

Petraeus' Testimony: Everything His President Wants to Hear

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Once again, the president is passing the buck to the uniformed military to justify continuing a ludicrous imperial adventure, and the good general has dutifully performed.

Democratic Losers: What They Should Have Said And What They Actually Said, 1952-2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Tony Sachs

It's simple. Eight years of peace and prosperity minus marital infidelity and Whitewater equals me, Al Gore. See you January 20.

Getting Out of Recession Without Getting Into Trouble

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business


Benjamin R. Barber

How do you get out of recession without encouraging all those bad habits that have gotten us into our economic morass to begin with?

Body Snatchers

Laraine Newman | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


Laraine Newman

The Republicans want Hillary to be the nominee, because they can beat her. At best, her ability to win isn't as certain as Edward's. We can't have another Republican in the White House!

Snake Oil: The Republican Art of Fooling the Public

Dan Agin | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics


Dan Agin

In politics, we don't remember enough. We forget how much of American political history is a history of con-men selling us "snake oil."

Ken Burns' The War

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.04.2007 | Entertainment


Joseph A. Palermo

For me, Ken Burns' stunning documentary shows that all war is evil and must be ended for good, not glorified or exploited for partisan political advantage.


 

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