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.
Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media
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.
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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.
Tony Sachs | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
It's simple. Eight years of peace and prosperity minus marital infidelity and Whitewater equals me, Al Gore. See you January 20.
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
How do you get out of recession without encouraging all those bad habits that have gotten us into our economic morass to begin with?
Laraine Newman | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics
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!
Dan Agin | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
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."
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.04.2007 | Entertainment
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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Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics