Author: Steven D

From Eric Alterman’s “Why We Are Liberals” (excerpted at Alterman’s blog, Altercation, yesterday): In 2005, the wealthiest 1 percent of the country earned 21.2 percent of all income, according to IRS...

I know lots of people have warned of a strike against Iran by the US military before the end of Bush’s term, I being one of them. Believe me, I’d love to be proven wrong on Obama’s inauguration day about what I...

Regarding Iraq, there are always at least two stories being told simultaneously. There’s the story that’s told to the media to pass along to you and I for public consumption. It’s a happy story, filled with...

A bill came up in Congress the other day (yes, they still attempt to pass legislation in Congress in an election year) which would have imposed a windfall profits tax on the five largest “energy” corporations. The...

Dear Friend, Last night, Rupert Murdoch launched a laughable attack against you, the media reform movement, and journalism itself. His on-air bully Bill O’Reilly called us “crazy” and “fascist”...