Month: August 2007

One little known tidbit from Yearly Kos is that Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel got his gold Cadillac towed from outside the hotel. His burly aide blamed it on the Secret Service and was annoyed that Hyatt management didn’t seem to...

From AlterNet: Paul Harris’ piece asking, “Is the US Heading for ‘Developing Nations’ Inequality Levels?” drew lots of passionate comments, including this anecdote by ALANHESTER: Do you have any...

Mitt Romney, parody of a man… Republican presidential contenders sparred over abortion on Sunday but generally agreed the United States must remain in Iraq as part of the war on terror. “Just come home,”...

Jonathan Cook, a journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, is the author of Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State (Pluto Press, 2006), and numerous articles criticizing Israel for its...

Somehow the phrases “Family Values” and “Support our Troops” have become partisan, Republican mantras in today’s divisive political climate.  Yet, both those phrases ring hollow when we see...