Author: Steven D

In an article in the Washington Post today, one primarily about the contentious split between Senator Chuck Schumer (yeah, that Chuck Schumer, hardly a leading progressive in the Senate) and President Obama regarding the tax...

What I say here obviously doesn’t count for a hill of beans. Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, on the other hand, knows the nitty-gritty, down and dirty details of politics and naked capitalism sleeping together....

to write anything coherent or thoughtful or informative today. I will say Obama is a failure as a President. He failed to provide real reform to prevent the mortgage fraud and illegal foreclosures the banks are pulling off as we...

Oh brother. Oh sister, too. Once more into the breach with fundamentalist Christians blaming gays for all the terrible things in America. This time its the American Family Association are blaming Wikileaks on the “Gay...

There’s an easy way to free up tax dollars, one that needs to be discussed. I can sum it up in four words: End the American Empire. What do I mean by that? Quite simple really. Start closing overseas bases and ending wars....