Author: Real History Lisa

In Republican Hands

[Crossposted from the Real History Blog] Why is Bush still in power? Why are the Republicans letting this guy rip our system of government to shreds with impunity? Everything he does is taking the country further and further off...

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It’s the Privatization, Stupid

I just finished reading Booman’s excellent post about how the spin on the Dubai thing is to make it a racist issue. We don’t like Arabs, but the Brit’s were okay. Sadly, this defense is echoed on Kos in this...

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Can’t we jump the track?

I wish we could. This country is barreling down the wrong track on every level. We cut services to the poor so we can cut taxes to the rich. We’re spending money that should be used to rescue a great American city to...

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Max Holland vs the Nation re JFK

[From the diaries by susanhu. Will we ever get this story? Will we ever get the withheld government documents] I wrote this in response to Max Holland’s awful piece about last fall’s JFK conference in DC, which I...

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