The GOP’s Dangerous and Destructive Brinksmanship Is About to Pay Off
The GOP has successfully created the meme that electoral participation doesn’t really change anything.
We Have to Trim the Bloated Pentagon Budget and Use the Cash for a ‘Green Dividend’ to Create Good Jobs
How can we come out of this recession with a manufacturing sector and a workforce that are globally competitive, that produce things that people need in the new green economy?
Israel’s Settlement Freeze Is Over…So What?
The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will almost certainly continue with or without a settlement freeze — but does that really matter?
A Century Later, Teddy Roosevelt’s Speech on Corporate Power
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the most “radical speech” an American ex-president has ever delivered.
Is Mosque Hysteria Being Ginned Up to Bolster Support for the Disastrous Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
The right-wing mobilization at the core of the Islamic center controversy is about rebuilding political support for the ‘global war on terror.’
Why the U.S. Won’t Cut Ties With Israel
Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak was in Washington — again — last week, but Israel’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is nowhere to be seen. What’s up with that?
How to Get Politicians to Admit in Public That the Drug War Has Been a Complete Failure
We do not need yet another blue ribbon commission or academic study to tell us our current policies are not working.
Finally, A Progressive Estate Tax Introduced
Senate progressives have introduced a responsible estate tax act.
Proving That Tea Partiers’ Anti-Tax Extremism Isn’t Even Loved by All Conservatives
Taxing speculation could take us a long way toward reining in Wall Street.
Water Awareness: 2 Million Bostonians Discover Our Water Commons
The water emergency was a curious gift in water mindfulness for an entire metropolitan area.