GOP Needs Protection GOP Needs Protection
The first test of the GOP's new "American Values Agenda" got off to a shaky start yesterday, when Republicans failed to protect the words "Under God" in the pledge of allegiance i...
Jun 29, 2006 / The Nation
Who Will Stand Up for Freedom of the Press? Who Will Stand Up for Freedom of the Press?
The Bush administration's attempt to demonize the New York Times -- a newspaper that gave the administration plenty of aid and comfort when the White House was spinning lies about...
Jun 28, 2006 / The Nation
Dismissed for a Donor? Dismissed for a Donor?
Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began investigating one of the nation's largest hedge funds, Pequot Capitol Management, for possible insider trading. Up un...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights
Wow! Is it an election year already? It must be because Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have initiated the debate over amending the Constitution to ban flag desecration tha...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
Below the Minimum Below the Minimum
For the third time in two weeks, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives will prevent a vote today on raising the minimum wage. The House Appropriations Committee act...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
Supreme Court v Democracy Supreme Court v Democracy
The Washington Post has a riveting article today on the death of legislative reform. The House and Senate haven't even tried to reconcile the sham lobbying "reform" bill approved ...
Jun 26, 2006 / The Nation
“A Conspiracy Against the Public” “A Conspiracy Against the Public”
"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public..." wrote Adam Smith in 1776. Four n...
Jun 26, 2006 / The Nation
Blind Loyalty Blind Loyalty
I returned from traveling over the weekend to find Richard's Coulter-esque attack on my credibility. Actually, it was quite civil. Except for the line about "pom-poms." For the re...
Jun 26, 2006 / The Nation
Dirty Money Dirty Money
The New York Times devoted a lot of ink to the BushAdministration's practice of secretly rummaging through internationalbanking transactions in pursuit of terrorists. But, frank...
Jun 23, 2006 / The Nation
A Healthy Debate? A Healthy Debate?
Dear Ari, I was provoked enough by the title of your last post and your recent critiques of the Democrats to read onward, expecting some jabs at the hopelessly hobbled party that...
Jun 23, 2006 / The Nation