Author: btchakir

This week’s New Yorker cover satirizes the far right’s view of Mr. and Mrs. Obama, using all the false stories that have been thrown around (Barack is a Muslim, Michelle is  a terrorist, the “fist...

I think we all have to have a great deal of respect for Dennis Kucinich who has tried time and again to have Bush impeached for truly obvious misdeeds. He has faced Nancy Pelosi’s “no impeachment” position and...

I found this posted on an ABC site: IF YOU LIKE THIS ECONOMY; IF YOU LIKE THIS NEVER-ENDING WAR; IF YOU LIKED HIS VOTE AGAINST A GI BILL FOR IRAQ VETS; IF LIKE PAYING HIGH GAS PRICES; IF LIKE THE TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH; IF YOU...

The Wall Street Journal says things are probably not looking up in the oil and gas crisis: In the U.S., $200 crude would push the price of gasoline to well over $6 a gallon, causing commuters to alter their driving habits more...

How people feel one way or another about Iran is one thing (personally, I don’t see that making war with them over nuclear weapons which they don’t really seem to have and are not likely to develop for years is such...