The Day Chicken Little Croaked? The Day Chicken Little Croaked?
"You have nothing to fear but fear itself." Hearing those words from Franklin Delano Roosevelt quoted again today, they rang true in a whole new way. The fear is out ther...
Oct 1, 2008 / Laura Flanders
The Iraq War as a Financial Sinkhole The Iraq War as a Financial Sinkhole
Let's start with the money the Bush administration has already thrown at the war in Iraq. According to the June congressional testimony of William Beach, director of the Center fo...
Sep 29, 2008 / TomDispatch
Obama’s Missed Moment Obama’s Missed Moment
My bottom line on Friday's debate: Barack Obama failed to step up to the historic moment. He made perfunctory remarks about the massive banking bailout facing the political system...
Sep 27, 2008 / William Greider
McCain’s Major Meltdown McCain’s Major Meltdown
In the wake of several new polls showing Barack Obama's lead widening inthe presidential race--which has been attributed to the public's perception that he is the better ca...
Sep 24, 2008 / Adam Howard
Bailout Increasingly Unpopular in Congress Bailout Increasingly Unpopular in Congress
The Bush Administration continues to aggressively push its Wall Street bailout plan on Congress, where it's reaching a surprising amount of resistance. Congressional Leaders in the...
Sep 24, 2008 / Ari Berman
An Economic Coup? An Economic Coup?
A threatened elite seeks to consolidate control and tighten its grip on a nation's resources ... You could be forgiven for thinking I'm describing Bolivia, where conflict between...
Sep 23, 2008 / Laura Flanders
How Wide Will Bush’s War Be? How Wide Will Bush’s War Be?
As Andrew Bacevich tells us in the latest issue of the Atlantic, there's now a vigorous debate going on in the military about the nature of the "next" American wars and h...
Sep 16, 2008 / TomDispatch
Gary Hart: Obama Should Blame GOP for Economic Collapse Gary Hart: Obama Should Blame GOP for Economic Collapse
Gary Hart was a groomsman at John McCain's wedding to Cindy Lou Hensley, so he knows a thing or two about the Arizona Senator. On the day of Sarah Palin's visit to Colorado, Hart-...
Sep 15, 2008 / Ari Berman
Thank God for Barbara Walters? Thank God for Barbara Walters?
I never thought I'd say this--but thank God for Barbara Walters. I have been waiting patiently for the election's narrative to shift from pigs wearing lipstick to the issue...
Sep 13, 2008 / Adam Howard
Palin and the Bush Doctrine Palin and the Bush Doctrine
In tonight's interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC, Sarah Palin seemed alarmingly ignorant of what the Bush doctrine is, much less capable of defending it. Gibson asks her: "Do...
Sep 12, 2008 / Richard Kim