Home for the Holidays
Written by Ken Carman We used to have so much fun celebrating my birthday, back before Dad said he was well pleased with me. Mom's been dead a long time.…
Senators Enzi and Sanders: What a difference
Written by Bruce Ticker Mike Enzi opposes the Zadroga bill to compensate 9/11 workers sickened during the clean-up of the World Trade Center site. He was even accused of quarterbacking…
Torture and the Ticking Time Bomb (Read: Nuclear) Scenario
Written by Russ Wellen When the subject of torture in the abstract is broached, the conversation tends to wend its way toward the terrorist and the ticking time-bomb scenario. You…
U.S. Senate, in a Rare Moment of Sanity, Repeals DADT
This afternoon the U.S. Senate finally granted gay members of the military the same right to serve their country regardless of personal sexual preferences enjoyed by their straight comrades-in-arms, except…
The Death of the Moderates: Extreme Problems Require Extreme Solutions
Written by Ted Rall Given his druthers, Obama will pursue the most left-leaning course that he can get away with." So says Jennifer Rubin, a right-wing pundit at the neoconservative-leaning…