War Always Comes Home
Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying that, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." Well, you can actually add one more certainty to that list: Wars always come home.…
Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law — Updated
Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "stimulus" just made things worse.…
An Apology to Lyndon Johnson
Like many people of my generation, I had a visceral dislike of Lyndon Johnson almost from the start. John Kennedy would have been a hard act for any politician to…
The Boys of Bundy: Right-Wing Terrorists Spoiling for More Battles
Cliven Bundy, the Nevada-based rancher who refused to pay the over $1 million he owes in fees for having his cattle graze on public lands for twenty years, and who…
Is the FBI Creating Terrorists to Pad Counterterrorism Conviction Rates?
'In the case of the "Newburgh Four," for example, a judge said the government "came up with the crime, provided the means, and removed all relevant obstacles," and had, in…