The Founders’ True Foresight
Written by Robert Parry After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin, its oldest and possibly most renowned delegate, recommended that the new American political framework could be a model…
Ye Olde Scribe Presents: Inventions We’re Unlikely to See
Political Brand Duct Tape Tired of all the gunk pouring out of candidates mouths? Like actual duct tape, political duct tape doesn't work on ducts... or actual ducks. (Feathers…
Death of an Ordinary Housecat
Written by Richard Eskow There's nothing to see here. Move along. Nothing, that is, but this report of a minor incident in Russellville, Arkansas: "Democratic Congressional candidate Ken Aden's campaign…
Just Short of Treason in Georgia and Kansas
Written by Michael Collins It's official. The crazies have arrived for the 2012 presidential race, florid in their deviant and repulsive rhetoric. Andrew B. Adler, editor of The Atlanta Jewish Times,…