Month: September 2007

John Fund and the Modern GOP

John Fund pens a column today in the Wall Street Journal that absolutely blasts Alaskan pols Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young. He concludes: It’s time for Senate Republicans to step up to the plate. It’s...

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Ending the War vs. “Pretending” to End the War

Despite some very heroic efforts in the Senate by Feingold, Dodd and to a degree Reid (and a few others) and the heroic efforts in the House by members of the “Out of Iraq caucus”, I think we are getting closer and closer to a...

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Israel Boycott for No Reason?

(Nonviolent protest in Bil’in, West Bank 2007)Boycott for No Reason? Reply to The Economist article: “Boycotting Israel: New Pariah on the Block” is the title of an article published on the Alternative...

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Mahmoudapalooza Takes Over the Right

Mahmoudapalooza would merely be one of the more embarrassing examples of America’s right-wing’s jingoistic, xenophobic, nationalism if it wasn’t likely to get several million people killed. While the right-wing...

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