Month: March 2010

Assuming that all the positive signs are correct and the Democrats are about to pass health care reform for real, I am going to let out the biggest sigh of relief since Hillary finally conceded in the primaries. This whole...

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Imagine being one of only five opposition voices in a country of thirteen million people, where all radio, print and television is strictly controlled by...

The American labor movement seems to have taken a page right out of Al Sharpton’s 2003-4 presidential campaign. Remember Al’s rallying call? “Now you know the symbol of our party is the donkey. And my Momma...

Sixty-five members (including five Republicans) of the House of Representatives think we should get the hell out of Afghanistan. I would have anguished over this vote if I were a member of Congress. Both my heart and my head say...