Newest Blog Entries:

NYT Editorial: Time Running Out for Voting Reform

Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

NYT Guest Op-Ed: A War Best Served Cold

"Did George Kennan know the best way to fight terrorism?"
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

NYT: Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change

An object lesson in why we cannot wait until the last minute to deal with this...
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

NYT: Energy Bill Aids Expansion of Atomic Power

Out of the (global warming) frying pan, into the (nuclear waste) fire...
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

NYT: Fake-Bomb Charge Is Reduced for Students Who Planted Alarm Clocks on High School Walls

Well, it took a little time, but apparently the prosecutors finally saw reason...
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

AlterNet: Do You Live in One of the World’s 15 Greenest Cities?

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Mike Gravel: “There’s Nothing to Win in Iraq, We’ve Lost” [VIDEO]

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

AlterNet: Why Journalists Can’t Be Like Murrow Anymore

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

British PM: Troops out of Iraq Regardless of US

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Bush Outsourcing Intelligence to Private Contractors

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

German Official Warns US Arms for Gulf Could Set Off “Powder Keg”

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Ohio’s 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing

This terrible occasion is the worst example of a government totally out of the control of the electorate. Unless something is done about this there will be the death knell of the Republic. MB
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

LA Times: Clinton Woos the Outsourcers that Workers Fear (by Peter Wallsten)

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So Hillary is denouncing outsourcing from one side of her mouth and kissing up to the outsourcers from the other side ... and we're all shocked ... SHOCKED! - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

An Empire Can Be Terribly Expensive

An eloquent essay by John Smart in the Helena Independent Record (excerpted in the flip) .. we need more voices like this in the mainstream press - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

A new vision for America’s security

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Sept. 10 in Waziristan: What will be done about al-Qaeda’s camps?

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Fear and Loathing in Middle America [VIDEO]

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

Bush Appointee Blocked Surgeon General’s Report

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

Cheney Big Brother?

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

Fewer See Balance in Court’s Decisions

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

Marty Kaplan: After the Next 9/11

Fear - a great tool for manipulation
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

The Iraqization Of Afghanistan

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

Tomgram: Chip Ward, How Efficiency Maximizes Catastrophy

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 30, 2007

NYT Op-Ed (Kristof): The Voters Speak: Baaa!

"Must we be irrational?" I don't really know enough to form an opinion about this, but it certainly (and sadly) does seem to ring true...
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 30, 2007