Month: February 2008

As I’ve written several times, caucuses are anti-democratic bullshit. That’s probably why the mainstream corporate press pretends the contrast between secret-ballot democratic elections (primaries) and...

Here is a recent interview, that I’ve posted on my blog, with Ralph Nader where Nader adroitly articulates his reasons for running for president again in 2008. He also analyzes Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in context...

We now know what did in actor Heath Ledger: an accidental overdose of prescription medications, according to MSNBC.  The combination of drugs in his system took their toll on the physically and mentally exhausted young man,...

A common refrain from the Right is that they don’t like judges legislating from the bench. Now what they really mean is judges who decide cases in ways that they don’t like. Judges shouldn’t render decisions...

Below the fold, I explain why Obama now has to be considered the prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic nomination.February 9th Louisiana, Primary, 67 Delegates Pledged Superdelegates- Obama: none. Clinton: none. Analysis:...