Monday, November 6, 2006
Monday 10:05 AM
Progressives are missing important political lessons in the nation's nostalgia for the World War II era.
Monday 10:01 AM
The highly questionable trial of Hussein will not resolve the internal strife that is tearing Iraq apart.
Friday, November 3, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Getting people to translate their concern about the planet into everyday action takes a lot of creativity.
Friday 10:03 AM
Corporate interests are spending big to get both parties to work for them, not for working families.
Friday 10:02 AM
In the Connected Age, new media tools are helping more women get elected.
Friday 10:00 AM
From outrage fatigue to the state of our schools, readers face the facts in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Thursday 9:04 AM
Iraq sinks deeper into chaos as our 'friend' turns the other way.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Tony Blair calls for "bold action" on climate change while Bush bear-hugs polluters.
Thursday 9:02 AM
After Tuesday, we may have a Congress that respects rational, science-based policy over ideological politics.
Thursday 8:45 AM
The best public diplomacy for America is the world seeing U.S. citizens rejecting Bush's policy in Iraq.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Wednesday 10:16 AM
From the classroom to the boardroom, the American dream has been hijacked. Today's lesson: Learn to fight back.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
The GOP turns to its caricature of the Democrats as the party of "blacks, Jews and gays" to boost turnout.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
The only "fence" the Republicans are going to build is one keeping them away from future voters.
Wednesday 8:52 AM
We could lead the Mideast to peace, but only if we stop refusing to do the right thing.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Tuesday 11:15 AM
This Halloween, the dead may well walk the earth—but they're not heading to the polls.
Tuesday 9:40 AM
The public not only rejects the war in Iraq but Bush's whole foreign policy approach.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
U.S. companies are breaking their promise to certify that chocolate isn't made using forced child labor.
Tuesday 9:18 AM
The contest over the ban is about more than our endless abortion debate—it's about a struggle within the Republican Party itself.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday 10:53 AM
Despite what they say, it's still "stay the course"—of more Americans dying needlessly.
Monday 9:56 AM
Political campaigns have achieved total information awareness about voters, but that may in the end be a good thing.
Monday 9:55 AM
If you're a low-income American, whether you have access to voter registration depends on what state you live in.
Monday 9:00 AM
The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers' rights.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Friday 9:36 AM
The Bush administration is on the wrong side of history in opposing a global arms trade treaty.
Friday 9:35 AM
The road to undoing the deeply disturbing Military Commissions Act.
Friday 9:01 AM
From war climates to fake speeches, readers sound off about other people sounding off in this week's letters.
Friday 8:14 AM
As the right mobilizes after the New Jersey ruling, fight back by not giving an inch.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thursday 10:12 AM
The Bush administration just fired the opening shot in a race to militarize space.
Thursday 9:10 AM
Yesterday's ruling gives gay and lesbian couples a partial victory—but may give GOP candidates a complete one.
Thursday 9:01 AM
There is a crucial person missing in the debate about stem cell research—the woman who donates the eggs.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The man Kenneth Lay called "the energy president" pays no penalty for his role in Enron's crimes.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wednesday 10:01 AM
The address President Bush should have delivered at his press conference today.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
A new wave of anti-union propaganda seeks to undermine the very idea of workers' rights.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
The bone the U.S. is picking with Hugo Chavez is not about bombast. It's about oil.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
A woman's right to birth control is not a threat to religious freedom.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Tuesday 9:45 AM
The Supreme Court should challenge the Bush administration and support diversity in education.
Tuesday 9:29 AM
Female voters are likely to be out in force this November, sending all the right messages.
Tuesday 9:11 AM
A Baathist on why the White House needs Saddam, what will happen when the Americans leave and "Iranian gangs."
Tuesday 9:04 AM
It's time to take back the Sunday morning talk show seats and give some to real progressives.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Monday 11:12 AM
One election result is already clear: Voters are giving the right a strong rebuke.
Monday 9:24 AM
The media gave Wal-Mart free publicity touting their discounted drugs, but shoppers should check below the headline.
Monday 9:02 AM
Why are we looking for military solutions to ecological problems?
Monday 9:01 AM
Four big oil companies are on the verge of locking up Iraq's massive reserves.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Friday 10:38 AM
As they militarize the southern border, politicians get to posture while communities suffer.
Friday 10:04 AM
Oil industry donations in this election cycle show the most pronounced GOP bias on record.
Friday 9:02 AM
How a government housing program left poor people out in the cold.
Friday 9:01 AM
From the veil to the environment, from Obama to oversight: Readers decry lack of vision in this week's letters.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Thursday 10:07 AM
A look at the prognosis for a more environmentally friendly Congress.
Thursday 10:06 AM
Defeat in Iraq may force Democrats to rethink America's role in the world—or tragically, it may not.
Thursday 9:49 AM
New leaks suggest that even George Bush and Nouri al-Maliki may soon have to concede that "stay the course" is no longer an option.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Wednesday 2:35 PM
It's not poor education that creates economic inequality; it's a broken economic system.
Wednesday 10:39 AM
His brilliance in recognizing America's need for political and cultural healing may be a lesson for progressives.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
David Kuo's book shows how both God and country lose when faith is partisan.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
If Democrats take back the House, here are the investigations that should top their to-do list.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
The siege of Palestine is choking the life of its people and producing the next generation of hatred.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Arguments for staying in Iraq reflect a refusal to face some unpalatable realities.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
U.S. corporations don't like labor unions at home and they're certainly not prepared to welcome them to China.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Kim Jong Il's nukes may help convince Bush to step back from the ledge on Iran.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Monday 4:00 PM
Allowing the "free market" to trump network neutrality will undermine our democracy.
Monday 10:24 AM
Besides e-voting, we must be vigilant of obstacles at every step on the way to the ballot box.
Monday 10:16 AM
That Republican standard, "Democrats Will Raise Your Taxes," is wearing thin on voters' ears.
Monday 9:28 AM
The world's largest retailer has figured out a way to answer its critics and still screw its employees.
Monday 9:01 AM
Serious debate on the campaign trail about the mess in the region is shockingly absent.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Friday 9:42 AM
We must be wary of solutions to global warming that create other environmental and social problems.
Friday 9:25 AM
North Korea's actions may test the Bush administration's support for the incoming U.N. chief.
Friday 9:02 AM
Sub-Saharan Africa is ripe to capitalize on its oil wealth, but how will the benefits flow to the people?
Friday 9:01 AM
One of the most frightening things about our recent decision to torture is how flip it was.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Thursday 11:01 AM
Tardy promises of a crackdown should not dilute outrage over the ripoffs and incompetence in Iraq.
Thursday 10:31 AM
The AT&T-BellSouth; merger is the latest threat to net neutrality. Will the FCC stop it?
Thursday 9:03 AM
The White House school shootings summit denied us the honest debate we desperately need on gun violence.
Thursday 9:01 AM
After serving their time, ex-felons should be allowed back into our democracy.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Wednesday 10:08 AM
African leaders join the chorus calling for U.N. peacekeeping troops—regardless of Sudan's opposition.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Americans have lost more under Bush's policies than they have gained through tax cuts.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
Polls are favoring the Dems, but who knows what the GOP's sophisticated voter targeting might achieve.
Wednesday 9:14 AM
And now for the good news: We may not be building permanent bases in Iraq after all.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Tuesday 9:48 AM
Now is the time for Dems to tell us what they can do for our country, not just what the Republicans have done to them.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Clean election laws would secure a place in Congress for the non-millionaires.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
How a little-known board made potentially millions of workers ineligible for union benefits.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
This weekend's nuclear tests expose the deep flaws in the Bush-Cheney policy.
Friday, October 6, 2006
Friday 9:28 AM
The desperate measures the White House might consider to salvage its war.
Friday 9:03 AM
The Maryland primary fiasco was a clear warning call. We had better listen.
Friday 9:02 AM
A certain senator from Connecticut was the favorite candidate of anti-reform business lobbyists.
Friday 9:01 AM
TomPaine.com readers have spoken: Moyers/Olbermann '08.
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
A new plan could undo work by California and other states to reduce global warming emissions.
Thursday 10:07 AM
Washington's other big scandal—the failure to take terror threats seriously—drags on.
Thursday 10:02 AM
The G-8 is forsaking clean energy for developing countries in favor of nuclear and coal.
Thursday 10:01 AM
The public's opposition to the new detainee law is the only thing that will give Congress the backbone to preserve our freedoms.
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Wednesday 10:25 AM
It runs from Abramoff to Foley: a path of corruption paved in ones and zeros.
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Why ads praising a prescription drug benefit are working against the politicians who voted for it.
Wednesday 10:02 AM
History shows cable news channels haven't taken kindly to Bush administration critics.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Things are going from bad to worse in Bush's first war, which turns five years old tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
There's a lot of talk about politicians being "family friendly" but both sides are ignoring a major family issue.
Tuesday 9:25 AM
Condoleezza Rice is in the Middle East yet again. Unfortunately.
Tuesday 9:07 AM
Corruption—from DeLay to Foley—spoils the vision of government "for the people."
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Iraq and the U.S. are stifling the very thing they say they are building in Iraq—free speech and a free press.
Monday, October 2, 2006
Monday 10:03 AM
What's wrong with pushing marriage as a solution to poverty? Plenty.
Monday 10:02 AM
Communities of all ethnicities and religions have suffered as a result of the "global war on terror."
Monday 9:18 AM
Rep. Mark Foley's colleagues will have a hard time proving their commitment to moral values come November.
Monday 9:02 AM
In his latest swipe at gender equality, Bush discards a vital tool for stopping discrimination on the job.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Friday 10:04 AM
What falling oil prices tell us about war with Iran, the elections and peak-oil theory.
Friday 10:03 AM
Injured Ground Zero workers are now being harmed by a court system rigged against all plaintiffs.
Friday 9:52 AM
Lieven answers Hamid, readers disagree with Bob Reich and nobody likes torture: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:20 AM
How Bush's tribunals bill will change our world and why it must be repealed.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday 9:03 AM
What the GOP doesn't want you to know about al-Qaida's connections to Iraq and Iran's connections to the Iraqi exiles.
Thursday 9:02 AM
What we could have done if we hadn't gone to Iraq.
Thursday 9:01 AM
So this congressman walks out of a bar...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
The White House wants to keep the horror of Iraq abstract in voters' minds—and the media makes it easy.
Wednesday 10:20 AM
The Bush administration sides with hair-splitting and wink-nod authorizations of torture.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
Between Draconian Republicans and timid Democrats, nothing constructive is getting done.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Rather than an unprincipled political middle ground, progressives should define a new moral center.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday 10:07 AM
If Congress votes to suspend this essential legal safeguard, liberty and accountability will be the victims.
Tuesday 9:49 AM
How will America replace yesterday's auto manufacturing jobs in the 21st century?
Tuesday 9:35 AM
Careful, Democrats: The notion that the Iraq war is creating more terrorists may be false.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Burma is a case study in the hollowness of Bush's human rights rhetoric.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Monday 10:52 AM
A new intelligence estimate confirms the catastrophic failure of administration policy.
Monday 9:26 AM
Bush's climate plan will kick-start a new era of bargaining on Capitol Hill over the planet's future.
Monday 9:11 AM
Ordinary people with no connections to terrorist organizations are being swept up into George Bush's war.
Monday 9:01 AM
NAFTA has opened up Mexico to a new wave of gentrifiers—retired Americans
Friday, September 22, 2006
Friday 11:20 AM
Maher Arar was tortured at the behest of our government. John McCain will allow it to happen again.
Friday 10:17 AM
Lower pay overseas is a straw man; America can afford a living wage.
Friday 9:06 AM
Howie Rich is the man behind the conservative scheme to undermine legitimate state laws.
Friday 8:48 AM
Cervical cancer, government-created fatties and unions; Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Thursday 9:53 AM
The EPA just made a decision that will cause thousands more deaths than tainted spinach.
Thursday 9:15 AM
Until we confront our oil addiction, the U.S. will continue to embrace policies that foster Islamic extremists.
Thursday 9:06 AM
There is little integrity in the effort to require identification at polling places.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The Republican Part D disaster is harming America's seniors. Here's one story.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Wednesday 9:06 AM
Bush and conservatives get in touch with their inner barbarian.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
Have the realists prevailed over the neocons on Iran?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
It's the right vs. sound health policy on HPV immunization to prevent cervical cancer.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Now that he's awakened the nation to the crisis, Gore focuses on the solutions to global warming.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Tuesday 9:19 AM
News today of a second study killed by the FCC should inspire action against the latest media consolidation push.
Tuesday 9:04 AM
Is it safer now to say that we're less safe than it was two years ago?
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Reviving unions is key to reviving the middle class and creating a more ideal workplace.
Tuesday 8:56 AM
Our government needs to play a role in fighting obesity and helping our citizens learn to live healthily.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Monday 9:39 AM
We lost a chance to pass a balanced immigrant bill, but it is not too late to prepare for next time.
Monday 9:29 AM
The proposed national unity government is not the way to peace for Palestinians or Israelis.
Monday 9:12 AM
Two events today could accomplish what the GOP Congress will not.
Monday 9:00 AM
Whether it's the pope or the president, demonizing Muslims has made an unfortunate comeback.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Friday 9:56 AM
The focus on the GOP intraparty squabble distracts from the sweeping detention powers Warner, Graham and McCain want to give the president.
Friday 9:39 AM
Why nuclear power won't solve our energy crisis.
Friday 9:01 AM
A treat for Big Pharma but poison for seniors: It's time to smash this symbol of GOP corruption.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our week of 9/11 coverage, runaway girls and health insurance: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Thursday 9:04 AM
The Bush administration's spending plan favors shiny new weapons over initiatives that work.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Here's how universal health care can become a winning proposition.
Thursday 8:59 AM
Technology innovators like Apple need to lead in reducing toxic e-waste.
Thursday 8:14 AM
Giving Middle Easterners legitimate channels for their anger is key to defusing extremism.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Wednesday 10:06 AM
It's time to face the reality that the campaign against terrorism has been misnamed and overhyped.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
The truth behind Bush's false linkage of Iran, Hezbollah and al-Qaida.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
How corporate contractors wasted billions and lost lives in Iraq—and got away with it.
Wednesday 8:23 AM
Congress may soon pass a bill that isolates girls who feel they cannot talk to their parents about abortion without risking disaster.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Bush's brand of nation-building must be replaced with an approach in touch with global realities.
Tuesday 9:31 AM
As he commemorated a national tragedy, the president cheapened the debate over Iraq.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Incompetency, corruption, betrayal of a noble mission and horseracing make Ken Tomlinson the new Michael Brown.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
The only meaninful lobbying reform would be banning these bacon bits tossed out to special interests.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Monday 11:00 AM
The only way to reduce the threat of terrorism is to promote worldwide rule of law, not global war.
Monday 11:00 AM
Can Americans reconnect with a foreign policy based on our best values?
Monday 11:00 AM
The Muslim world's hopes for democracy after 9/11 have been buried in the rubble of Baghdad, Beirut and Kandahar.
Monday 8:56 AM
After five years of a disastrously failed response to 9/11, we can follow a better path to security.
Friday, September 8, 2006
Friday 10:01 AM
More of the political establishment is realizing that the war in Iraq has already been lost.
Friday 9:40 AM
It's time to sort out the legitimate questions from the dangerous distractions.
Friday 9:03 AM
Unions realize they have much to gain from the immigrants' rights movement.
Friday 8:58 AM
What's missing from Iraq exit strategies and U.S. proposals for renewable energy; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Thursday 9:54 AM
The White House is doing a complex dance to escape prosecution for torture—and portray opponents as weak.
Thursday 9:08 AM
A proposal to counter Tom Friedman's view of the global economy and benefit the world's workers.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The state steps into the leadership gap with a breathtaking action on greenhouse gases.
Thursday 9:00 AM
An interfaith coalition campaigns to end the war in Iraq.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Given the damage John Bolton has done to U.S. diplomacy, why is the Senate considering confirming him?
Wednesday 10:02 AM
The face-off between Sudan and the Security Council tests the U.N.'s willingness to act on its word.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
How conservative ideology is pricing college out of the reach of most working families.
Wednesday 8:55 AM
Democratic presidential politics will never look the same after this midterm election.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
There is no "cut-and-run" in the "responsible deployment" plans on the table.
Tuesday 10:20 AM
Is a bachelor's degree as good an investment today as it used to be?
Tuesday 9:30 AM
Heard the news about America's workers getting the short end of the stick? It doesn't have to be this way.
Friday, September 1, 2006
Friday 12:54 PM
A grown man playing make-believe instead of delivering a sensible foreign policy endangers us all.
Friday 9:45 AM
Pennsylvania takes a leading role in breaking America's oil addiction.
Friday 9:03 AM
Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts have been thwarted by the administration's disdain for government.
Friday 9:01 AM
A recent foreign aid deal only begins to undo the damage of colonialism.
Friday 8:57 AM
Readers defend bodegas, Plan B and agree terrorists aren't Nazis in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Thursday 11:14 AM
The administration misappropriates pre-World War II "appeasement" to tell its own "big lie."
Thursday 10:03 AM
Why the salaries of Big Oil CEOs are so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe.
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush would like to use Katrina as an excuse for churches to replace FEMA.
Thursday 10:01 AM
This economic recovery isn't much of a recovery for most of us—unless you're at the top.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Wednesday 9:50 AM
For opposing warrantless wiretaps, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor is the latest target of the right's denigration of judges.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
It is getting harder for conservatives to ignore the president's intellectual shallowness.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
An increasing number of cities are criminalizing homelessness rather than solving it.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
One battle down, many more to go for pro-choice activists.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tuesday 11:13 AM
The conservative contempt for government is at the root of the failed response to the hurricane.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
Protecting New Orleans—and the nation—means reforming the Army Corps of Engineers now.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
The senior citizens harmed by Katrina had, and have, very little holding them up.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Is government merely reacting to the last crisis, or thinking creatively about the next one?
Monday, August 28, 2006
Monday 3:46 PM
Continuing conservative failures have stymied New Orleans' recovery. Here are ways to respond.
Monday 11:03 AM
Big hurricanes, longer wildfire seasons and shorter winters form a larger picture.
Monday 10:14 AM
Instead of dealing with the real challenge Iran poses, the White House focuses on 164 centrifuges.
Monday 9:13 AM
Behind Andrew Young's rant on urban mom-and-pop stores were issues that anti-Wal-Mart forces should address.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Friday 10:49 AM
The new House report on Iran intelligence fits a pattern of Bush administration manipulation.
Friday 10:39 AM
Residents displaced by Katrina demand to know why they can't return to decent public housing.
Friday 10:31 AM
It's not the estate tax that blacks have to worry about..
Friday 9:58 AM
Better opinions of welfare and bad opinions of Reich; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Thursday 9:58 AM
The reason that felons, American terrorities and D.C. have no voting rights is tied directly to our racist past.
Thursday 9:49 AM
We should take the rebuilding of New Orleans as seriously as we take the crisis in Iraq.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Bush's new EPA chief faces a choice between cleaner air and lobbyist pressure.
Thursday 9:00 AM
By linking Iraq with the war on terror, the president has created a dynamic that threatens to destroy him.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Wednesday 10:35 AM
Democrats won't win with 'me-too' toughness; they need to tell it like it is about the conservatives' security failures.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Ten years after welfare reform, most former recipients still live in poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
It's business as usual on the island while U.S. policy appears increasingly out of touch.
Wednesday 8:41 AM
New Orleans's housing demolition policy hurts low- and middle-income residents the most.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Tuesday 10:55 AM
Today's diplomats are in a much better position than their predecessors to launch an ambitious Arab-Israeli peacemaking effort.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Democrats should resist powerful impulses if they gain control of the House this fall.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Bush used the same lines about Iraq at his latest press conference, but a read between them is revealing.
Tuesday 8:54 AM
When you look at America's poverty levels, it's clear we've still not recovered what's been lost since 2000.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Monday 10:42 AM
We can fix the nation's fiscally irresponsible ways if Congress starts living in the real world.
Monday 10:08 AM
Joe Lieberman and most other members of Congress have skewed ideas of what it means to be middle class.
Monday 8:08 AM
Spike Lee's documentary tonight on Katrina writes an essential new chapter in America's civil rights story.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Friday 3:01 PM
Defining the battleground in the struggle against AIDS in the next 25 years.
Friday 9:26 AM
Rejecting the fear of terrorism and embracing sustainability will lead America to real security.
Friday 9:25 AM
The court's decision to strike down Bush's illegal wiretapping program is the right ruling for the wrong reasons.
Friday 9:01 AM
The reason we care about Castro's health lies in the strange demands of the Electoral College.
Friday 8:14 AM
Martyr complexes and the search for alternatives; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Thursday 10:55 AM
The moderates of the Arab world, who Washington wishes so desperately to woo, have learned a painful lesson.
Thursday 10:20 AM
The Bush administration is drawing the wrong conclusions from London's alleged terror plot.
Thursday 9:02 AM
The post-Katrina Gulf Coast is a harbinger of how environmental changes will force humanity to migrate.
Thursday 9:00 AM
What's wrong with the new "World Trade Center" movie.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Wednesday 10:29 AM
Military interrogations present a moral problem for psychologists, and their association should speak out.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Would it be irrational for many Iraqis to prefer the Iraq of 2002 to the Iraq of today?
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Half of HIV-positive Americans are black, and the federal government still won't increase funding to minority care programs.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Tuesday 2:42 PM
The BP disaster should convince policymakers to get serious about our fossil fuel dependency.
Tuesday 10:30 AM
The Bush administration's callous Lebanon policy finds support on both sides of the aisle.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Everyone agrees that syringe exchange programs save lives. Why won't the federal government fund them?
Tuesday 10:01 AM
It's not what you say about climate change, it's how you say it. It's time to move the debate forward.
Tuesday 9:42 AM
Without any new ideas to push, the GOP falls back on its campaign of fear to win elections.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Monday 10:47 AM
The British terror plot arrests underscore the failures of Bush's "war on terror"—and offer an alternative approach.
Monday 10:40 AM
The right resents what the framers of the Constitution intended—courts that serve as a counterweight to popular passions.
Monday 10:01 AM
This week in Toronto activists are fighting back against Bush administration AIDS policy.
Monday 9:19 AM
Why does Congress have to force the White House to update its intelligence on Iraq?
Friday, August 11, 2006
Friday 10:43 AM
A new report by Rep. John Conyers lays out the case against the Bush White House.
Friday 10:19 AM
A growing number of foreign policy veterans fear the U.S. is courting disaster.
Friday 9:05 AM
The stock option "backdating" scandal won't be the end of the CEO aristocracy.
Friday 9:01 AM
From Connecticut to Cuba, it's people's revolution in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush talks tough yet fails to act as the cease-fire agreement in the Sudan is being shot full of holes.
Thursday 10:01 AM
We have to get past the anti-Israel rhetoric of Hamas and Hezbollah and start talking to them.
Thursday 9:55 AM
Social Security private accounts will be back in 2007 unless candidates who support them are exposed in 2006.
Thursday 9:03 AM
A federal judge tells the EPA to stop making it easier for industry to pollute and start doing its job.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Wednesday 11:06 AM
There is a civil war in Iraq, and there needs to be a civil war in American politics as well.
Wednesday 10:39 AM
Lamont's victory represents a broad demand for a new direction in politics.
Wednesday 10:07 AM
The right wants to wrap today's crises in the nostalgia of conflicts gone by.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
Congress' pension fix is likely to fix pensions right out of existence.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
When even The Wall Street Journal worries that the American Dream is withering, it's time for workers to start fighting.
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Tuesday 10:57 AM
What's right about the new-found environmentalism of the company—and what's missing.
Tuesday 10:55 AM
An Israel-Lebanon cease-fire proposal is really designed to protect U.S. political leaders.
Tuesday 10:46 AM
Watch out: 'Bill of rights' initiatives pushed by anti-tax zealots are coming to a state near you.
Tuesday 10:05 AM
The recent collapse of global trade talks is good news for poor countries, but there are new threats.
Monday, August 7, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
How nervous nellies in Congress can get over their supposed fear of "regulating the Internet."
Monday 10:01 AM
Sixty-one years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we're moving the clock closer to a catastrophic midnight.
Monday 10:01 AM
By moving on universal health care and minimun wage, states are showing that progressive goals are not impossible.
Monday 9:59 AM
Is it actually in Israel's best interest to be used as cannon fodder in the clash of civilizations?
Friday, August 4, 2006
Friday 10:26 AM
With its puffed-up rhetoric, the Bush administration is walking right into Castro's trap.
Friday 10:15 AM
For once, Democrats and moderate Republicans stood up to cynical election-year politics and faced down the leadership.
Friday 9:37 AM
Praising alternative power, denouncing detention and lamenting savings: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
The Supreme Court has ruled that Geneva applies—now it's time to talk about prosecutions for violating it.
Thursday 10:18 AM
A neoconservative organization dies, but not its imprint on Bush's foreign policy.
Thursday 10:09 AM
Eight months after the Sago disaster, Congress needs to act to prevent more needless deaths.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The right stacks the deck in several ways to make the game unfair for all.
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Wednesday 12:17 PM
The states can serve as labs for discovering the best path to health care for all.
Wednesday 10:34 AM
Linking an estate tax cut to a minimum wage hike would hurt women and families.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
The United Nations ambassador's recent actions show why he's the worst man for the job.
Wednesday 8:52 AM
States should be empowered to use flexibility and innovation to cover the uninsured.
Wednesday 8:43 AM
Despite Hamdan, Bush wants Congress to grant him even more power to detain U.S. citizens.
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Tuesday 10:20 AM
Rather than swapping the tyranny of oil for the tyranny of other fossil fuels, let's shift paradigms completely.
Tuesday 9:49 AM
The Bush administration's nuclear deal with India makes an unstable part of the world even more dangerous.
Tuesday 8:36 AM
In the culture war again extremism, bombing Lebanese civillians only confirms the jihadi narrative.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Monday 3:22 PM
Bush sings a merry tune about the economy, but his policies are failing working Americans.
Monday 11:15 AM
Israel's supporters should recognize that an immediate cease-fire is in everyone's best interests.
Monday 11:01 AM
Sunday's bombing takes the U.S., Israel and Lebanon into uncharted diplomatic territory.
Monday 10:03 AM
Unless the Fed can inflate another bubble, the end of the real estate boom will practically guarantee a recession.
Monday 9:01 AM
Developers use outrage over eminent domain to launch a right-wing attack on land-use laws.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Friday 10:38 AM
Why does the mad doctor keep trying to resuscitate his estate tax repeal monster?
Friday 10:20 AM
Why have California and Queens been in the dark this week? A power grid neglected by deregulation.
Friday 10:01 AM
Afghanis warn that their country is at a crossroads, and they fear abandonment by the U.S.
Friday 9:54 AM
Debating facts about the Middle East and our planet: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Thursday 10:03 AM
At every level women are falling behind on the gains made in the 1970s.
Thursday 9:08 AM
The Pentagon still wastes money on Cold War-era weapons irrelevant to our security.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The role of the United States in the world is in dire need of reassessment.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Wednesday 2:55 PM
More funereal than triumphant, the Iraqi prime minister's Hill visit underscores Bush's policy failure.
Wednesday 9:44 AM
Rice's wrongheaded approach toward a "sustainable" Mideast ceasefire has no takers.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
When the president trusts his guts, we should know by now what's about to hit the fan.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Advocacy for the real middle class isn't being a centrist, it's being progressive.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
The author's study was misused to discredit the scientific consensus on global warming. She responds with the facts.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tuesday 9:03 AM
We can't drill our way out of our oil problem, but this week Congress will try.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
The latest CEO trick pits executive interests against investor interests.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
When Republicans ramp up the crime rhetoric, it's time to check their facts—and their solutions.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Dissecting Congress' blessing of the Mideast conflict.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Monday 8:58 AM
It's not "the birth pangs of a new Middle East," it's a wicked hangover from decades of America's intoxication with Israel.
Monday 8:57 AM
The Specter bill is no compromise—it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight.
Monday 8:24 AM
A new report shows just how dire environmental problems on Earth are, and why.
Monday 8:21 AM
Bill Frist is using teenage girls as a political football—with potentially tragic results.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Friday 10:00 AM
Just like NAFTA, CAFTA and the other trade pacts, the Oman trade deal is the lovechild of politicians and Big Money.
Friday 9:40 AM
Why the Army canceling their contract doesn't mean Halliburton's war-profiteering days are over.
Friday 9:33 AM
As hell is unleashed in a civil war, Bush refuses to see the situation for what it is.
Friday 9:32 AM
Disagreement over the Middle East, pregnant women and coal: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Thursday 9:50 AM
Hezbollah has reinvigorated paranoid neocon fantasies about the Middle East. Will Iran become the new Iraq after all?
Thursday 9:04 AM
A winning message would counter the GOP's habit of ducking their policy messes.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Racist myths are driving the debate over undocumented immigration.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Reed's downfall suggests other politicians may be vulnerable to voter anger—unless they repent for their big money ways.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Wednesday 10:52 AM
Threats to fair elections still exist, but there are strategies for fighting back.
Wednesday 9:38 AM
If Bush really believed stem cells equal life, he would liberate them.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
Coal interests use "energy independence" to push ideas last used by the Third Reich.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Israel could negotiate a cease-fire with willing Arab neighbors, but does it want to?
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Tuesday 10:18 AM
Ten years after Clinton and Congress eviscerated welfare, HHS makes it harder for women to escape poverty.
Tuesday 8:45 AM
A penchant for secrecy is undoing 40 years of government openness.
Tuesday 7:25 AM
Three ways to tell if the U.S. is following the rule of law.
Tuesday 7:02 AM
It's becoming painfully obvious that when Bush talks to the world, "there is no there there."
Monday, July 17, 2006
Monday 10:17 AM
Why the current crisis proves Israel must adopt a new security doctrine.
Monday 9:57 AM
Being middle class doesn't necessarily improve your health—if you're black.
Monday 9:35 AM
Claiming concern for fetal health, policies around the country are punishing pregnant women for their behavior.
Monday 9:20 AM
Israel may be playing deliberately into the neoconservatives' bid to dominate global politics.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Friday 10:40 AM
The U.S. invasion of Iraq has unleashed a wave of sexual terrorism aimed at Iraqi women.
Friday 10:35 AM
Real solutions to America's crisis go beyond short-term sops like $100 rebates or gas tax relief for consumers.
Friday 9:37 AM
A soccer correction, demonizing conservatives and the AFL-CIO: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:25 AM
If the G-8 is serious about addressing energy issues, it can't ignore global poverty.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Thursday 10:48 AM
Democracy is undermined by "terror" indictments based on nothing more than talk.
Thursday 10:26 AM
The infamous "doughnut hole" is coming—when millions will lose prescription drug coverage.
Thursday 9:50 AM
The House should stop pretending that minorities don't face obstacles to voting.
Thursday 9:37 AM
As the fires of conflict spread to engulf Lebanon, will the United States act to prevent open war?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Wednesday 9:55 AM
The White House should stop giving Iran arbitrary deadlines and start talking.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
A lower-than-expected deficit is good news, but it doesn't justify Bush's tax cuts.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
There's nothing "inevitable" about outsourcing, trade deficits and the other ills of globalization.
Wednesday 8:54 AM
Why it's time to retire a failed ideology.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Tuesday 10:41 AM
Conservatives aren't worried about recent court losses; they have already won what they wanted.
Tuesday 10:27 AM
George Lakoff's latest advice to progressives mistakenly accepts right-wing message-framing.
Tuesday 10:25 AM
Instead of TV commercials denouncing terror, Iraqis need the U.S. to stop nourishing terrorism.
Tuesday 10:24 AM
The former U.N. human rights chief blames the U.S. and others for blocking a deal to control the deadly trade in small arms.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Monday 10:18 AM
If the right takes power in Mexico, expect more NAFTA-induced migrations northward.
Monday 10:14 AM
With the nuclear stakes high on several fronts, we need information without bias.
Monday 10:04 AM
Solutions to the jobs issues now plaguing our economy go far beyond immigration reform.
Monday 9:23 AM
Rather than help people become more self-sufficient, the Bush administration's new welfare rules stand in their way.
Monday 8:49 AM
The immigration debate is dominated by prejudice against those who cross our borders looking for a good job.
Friday, July 7, 2006
Friday 10:37 AM
Decisions pending before Bush's labor relations board could bring back the law of the jungle to some industries.
Friday 10:00 AM
Why Israel's reoccupation of Gaza won't make Israel safer.
Friday 9:44 AM
Too many commentators don't understand what the Geneva Conventions actually say about detainees.
Friday 9:35 AM
Football, flag love and globalization: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Thursday 11:24 AM
North Korea's declaration of independence could hardly be more American.
Thursday 11:20 AM
Why wait for the Supreme Court to rule on whether the federal government should fight global warming emissions?
Thursday 10:56 AM
While we push the U.S. to get involved in Darfur we must remember our history in the region.
Thursday 10:00 AM
The movement of international soccer players is a good example of globalization's effects.
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Wednesday 10:56 AM
The details of the so-called "amnesty" deal show that the U.S. is not serious about peace in Iraq.
Wednesday 10:55 AM
If the newspaper was serious about undercutting Bush's war, it could be doing a lot more.
Wednesday 10:38 AM
States give away the treasury to keep jobs, but are these incentives worth the bargain?
Wednesday 10:09 AM
Degrees won't help graduates unless we make sure there are good jobs waiting for them.
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Saturday 4:39 PM
Worshipping the flag instead of honoring the values the flag represents.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Conservative hypocrisy puts college out of the reach of working-class Americans.
Friday 9:57 AM
The Supreme Court just checked White House power. Now it's up to the other two branches to follow its lead.
Friday 8:58 AM
Eisenhower's vision for the interstates should inspire us to move with equal vision away from them.
Friday 8:32 AM
Bush's over-compensation, women's wombs and soldier's sacrifices: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Thursday 10:04 AM
The stalled politics in Congress gives activists a chance to build a consensus for a better law.
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush won't cheer a progressive win in Mexico's presidential election, but the rest of us should.
Thursday 9:43 AM
Israel's moves don't work because the underlying issue of Palestinian rights remains untouched.
Thursday 9:40 AM
They can't be a credible force for reform as long as they are in bed with corporate lobbyists.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Wednesday 10:02 AM
A Supreme Court ruling means more work to fight the influence of big money in government.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
The determination that fueled America's space quest can fuel a new energy era.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Don't get distracted by the erectness of President Bush. It's all for show.
Wednesday 9:10 AM
It's not hard to picture a scenario in which our government literally goes to war with the press.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Why to be wary of reports about a deal with insurgents and plans for "withdrawal."
Tuesday 9:40 AM
The House can stop the crackdown on patients who use cannabis for medical reasons.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
Lt. Ehren Watada's refusal to be sent to Iraq to support an illegal war raises questions about civilian support.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday 10:33 AM
A chance for a true debate on troop withdrawal was hurt by weaknesses in the antiwar coalition.
Monday 10:02 AM
Why preserving the estate tax is one of the most defining votes a Democrat can cast.
Monday 9:25 AM
Eight-four percent of foreign policy experts say the Bush administration is not keeping Americans secure.
Monday 9:03 AM
Only 34 senators stand between honoring the nation's ideals and turning those ideals into an authoritarian fetish.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Friday 3:05 PM
Sparring over The Good Fight, the minimum wage battle and the war in Iraq.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Thursday 9:57 AM
Liberals are distracted by voting machines when old-style election thuggery is a far more pressing problem.
Thursday 9:55 AM
A Democratic senator recalls Paul Wellstone as he clumsily backs a timetable for Iraq withdrawal.
Thursday 9:53 AM
A 'common good' agenda is fine, but you have to sell it. Here's a way to win over persuadable voters.
Thursday 9:51 AM
As the U.S. plays Ghana in the World Cup, a Ghanaian reflects on the U.S.-Africa relationship.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Hillary Clinton and other "moderate" Senate Democrats think they are the adults, but they are being childish.
Wednesday 11:00 AM
Telecom and entertainment companies throw up a smokescreen to mask the goodies they stand to get from Congress.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
The handling of Karl Rove's possible indictment proves that reality is unimportant in the White House press room.
Wednesday 8:23 AM
The Fed and other central bankers, with their interest rate hikes, are fighting the last war.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Tuesday 10:02 AM
As anti-abortion legislators go too far, reproductive rights is becoming a winning issue for candidates.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
One provocative view: Bush can win the conflict, and the rest of us will be the losers.
Tuesday 9:41 AM
How is it that Republicans claim tax cuts are fine yet a moderate minimum wage increase will 'cripple' the economy?
Tuesday 9:09 AM
Our old, incredibly wasteful ways could be transformed as progressive forces combine to achieve sustainability.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Monday 10:46 AM
The obsession of major world powers with terrorism gobbles resources we should use to solve far more dangerous planetary threats.
Monday 10:35 AM
The U.S. should lead the way on making the Darfur Peace Agreement more than a piece of paper.
Monday 9:14 AM
What calling the Guantanamo suicides a "PR stunt" reveals about the Bush administration.
Monday 9:13 AM
U.S. cities are finding out that it's more cost-effective to find apartments for the chronically homeless.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Friday 10:23 AM
Plans for U.S. soft-power diplomacy in Iran may not be enough to overcome years of neglect and perceived hypocrisy.
Friday 10:21 AM
The FBI's effort to muzzle watchdogs is a chilling defiance of historical precedent.
Friday 9:46 AM
The time for the progressive identity crisis is over. It's time to dream big again.
Friday 9:02 AM
From civil unions to credit fraud, readers respond with their own suggestions in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Thursday 10:27 AM
When even Bush's new press secretary doesn't get the program, you know there's a problem.
Thursday 10:03 AM
While our nation deserves an honest discussion about the war, the Republicans are staging a PR stunt.
Thursday 9:28 AM
The China-United States relationship is set to define global politics.
Thursday 9:24 AM
How some lawmakers are sabotaging the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, and why they are wrong.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Wednesday 9:49 AM
Good government speaks many languages.
Wednesday 9:18 AM
Republicans opposed to civil rights for gay Americans today sound like the George Wallaces of yesteryear.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Can the Democrats muster a strategy to counter the "stay-the-course" Republicans?
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Tuesday 9:48 AM
While some may profit from war, the instability it brings harms everyone.
Tuesday 8:26 AM
When poll-driven politicians run away from same-sex marriage, they're abandoning democratic principles.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
On publicly owned voting machines and other ways to rescue our broken election system.
Monday 9:22 AM
What drives a man to take his own life? The answer shames the Bush administration and its allies.
Monday 9:09 AM
Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day?
Monday 9:04 AM
Credit reports riddled with errors hurt moderate- to lower-income Americans the most.
Friday, June 9, 2006
Friday 10:15 AM
There's one tool that Bush hasn't used to try to solve the Iranian dilemma: nonproliferation.
Friday 9:19 AM
K Street's weeping, but don't worry—unfortunately, they're in safe hands, for now.
Friday 9:14 AM
Liberals have not invested enough in a media message machine that can counter the conservative spinmeisters.
Friday 5:24 AM
Estate tax misconceptions, "ethics refresher courses" and gay marriage: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Thursday 9:32 AM
Conservatives say that society must bow to the markets. Progressive economics show a way past that.
Thursday 8:39 AM
Somalia shows the folly of Bush's anti-terror strategy of arming warlords and ignoring democratic institutions.
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Wednesday 11:55 AM
Neither House, Senate nor White House plans address immigration as the complex and important national issue it is.
Wednesday 11:22 AM
Teenagers need honest talk about sex and politicians to abstain from sex education politics.
Wednesday 8:55 AM
What a bizarre overseas encounter reveals about American foreign policy.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Tuesday 10:42 AM
The 18 rich families fighting the "Paris Hilton" tax are only trying to pass the tab to Americans at the bottom.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Lawmakers who blame environmental regulation for the "lack" of oil refineries are lying. Period.
Tuesday 8:34 AM
It defies belief that the Bush administration is still clinging to its benighted policies on prisoners of war.
Tuesday 8:02 AM
Civil rights groups are challenging Arizona's Prop 200, which endangers voting rights.
Monday, June 5, 2006
Monday 11:07 AM
The Senate shouldn't let a political wrong define a religious rite.
Monday 10:49 AM
If you're in one of the eight states holding primaries tomorrow, will your vote count?
Monday 9:16 AM
On the decline of the United States' "soft power" and how to reverse the trend.
Monday 8:50 AM
The Bush administration believes that anything, even a war with Iran, is better than a nuclear-armed Iran.
Friday, June 2, 2006
Friday 11:47 AM
How the U.N. fares in East Timor this time around will prove its peacebuilding mettle.
Friday 10:31 AM
Unless he can persuade Bush to change, bringing Hank Paulson to Treasury won't help America's economy.
Friday 10:01 AM
The telephone and cable companies are engaging in cynical wordplay when they cry "hands off" the Internet.
Friday 9:50 AM
What keeps Dems from helping the "common good," who's hateful and more: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Thursday 9:45 AM
When the IRS labels every credit counseling service a scam, it's time to reform the credit business.
Thursday 9:32 AM
For Iraq's U.S. ambassador and other Iraqis, the idea of American troops shooting unarmed civillians is all too believable.
Thursday 9:05 AM
Why the progressive message can't just be about the other guy.
Thursday 9:04 AM
On the anti-immigrant camp and its disingenous concern for legality.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
The real separation of powers problem isn't the FBI raid, it's Congress' neglect of other issues.
Wednesday 10:24 AM
Israel's new plan to grab more Palestinian land will get Bush's approval if no one else's.
Wednesday 9:15 AM
When push comes to shove, Republicans expose their core values.
Wednesday 9:09 AM
A grassroots movement is growing to promote solutions to America's energy problems.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Tuesday 9:55 AM
The nation is hungry for an optimistic agenda to challenge "you're-on-your-own" conservatism.
Tuesday 9:36 AM
From the uprising of the Taliban to the insurgency in Iraq, the West's strategy for tackling radical Islam is failing.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
His disregard for the Constitution is costing Bush support among ordinary citizens.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Monday 9:34 AM
What does it mean to die in a war so founded on deception?
Monday 8:33 AM
Honor the fallen, not the war.
Monday 8:23 AM
On this day above all others we should understand that wars are conceived by presidents and prime ministers, not soldiers.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Friday 11:24 AM
Lay and Skilling may go to jail, but Enron conservatives still rule in Washington.
Friday 10:37 AM
Will high gas prices lead us to finally confront our easy-motoring lifestyle?
Friday 10:14 AM
The Bush administration gets slapped down for requiring AIDS groups to condemn prostitution.
Friday 9:11 AM
From corporate corruption to corporate pollution, readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:08 AM
Let Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling now serve as symbol for the shame of modern capitalism.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Thursday 10:41 AM
The current energy debate is skewed toward solutions that favor big business.
Thursday 9:52 AM
Whenever the U.S. government spies on its citizens in the name of security, rights are trampled.
Thursday 9:27 AM
The Israeli prime minister and the head of the IDF are too dovish for the Christian Right and their allies in Congress.
Thursday 9:18 AM
On waking up to a changing climate.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Wednesday 10:26 AM
Net neutrality storms the next battlefield, the House Judiciary Committee.
Wednesday 9:44 AM
Progressives should enthusiastically support more research—but only with oversight and regulation.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
Our attorney general is coming for journalists, snarling like a guard dog at Abu Ghraib.
Wednesday 8:49 AM
Bush and Blair are now fighting not for their political lives but for their political obituaries.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Tuesday 10:39 AM
Too many young workers lack health insurance. And not because they don't think they need it.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
A centrist Dem proposal on Iraq reveals a significant acceptance of the peace movement's message.
Tuesday 9:53 AM
An English-only law would erect barriers to America's Spanish speakers that earlier immigrants never faced.
Tuesday 9:10 AM
The Bush administration's recent actions make clear it does not want to defuse the situation.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Monday 10:13 AM
The only way forward is to change how we think about energy.
Monday 10:05 AM
Recurring fraud is a problem with the very concept of contracting out essential government services.
Monday 9:37 AM
Before trying to collapse the Hamas government, Israel and America should consider what would replace it.
Monday 9:30 AM
It's time we rebuild the economic system to work in the interests of society and the earth—not the market.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Friday 10:51 AM
It's not just good economic sense. It's also our moral obligation.
Friday 10:09 AM
General Hayden's idea of rebuilding public trust in the CIA is to make it more secretive.
Friday 9:53 AM
Coming soon to a theater near you—a story of evil masterminds, plans for global domination, money, power and crime.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Thursday 1:32 PM
On moral convictions, from Southern values to contraception: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday 10:37 AM
Why the Bush administration makes nice with Moammar but goes beserk over Hugo.
Thursday 10:03 AM
When Rumsfeld asks for more money for the war machine, Congress should ask why he's ignoring other national security tools.
Thursday 10:02 AM
Cleaner cars are proving themselves. Why won't American companies make them?
Thursday 10:00 AM
Is religious tyranny imminent in the United States?
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Wednesday 9:54 AM
The true aims of the pro-life agenda go beyond abortion to restricting contraception—and sex itself.
Wednesday 8:43 AM
The Democratic Party should stop pandering to the South's most conservative elements.
Wednesday 8:38 AM
The West, Arab leaders and Israel all have crucial roles to play to rescue Palestinians from despair and crisis.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Tuesday 3:58 PM
In order for Congress to exercise oversight, it first needs to start looking.
Tuesday 10:11 AM
The president's grab-bag approach to immigration policy is likely to end up satisfying no one.
Tuesday 10:07 AM
Why the shift in oil production from the global North to the global South means more instability and high gas prices.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
By failing to conduct oversight, Congress is allowing itself to be written off the constitutional map.
Tuesday 9:31 AM
The country isn't buying Bush's message on the economy or the war. Even Karl Rove knows it.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Monday 11:04 AM
This week will be the first time House members are forced to show where they stand on global warming.
Monday 9:36 AM
The new embassy is an emblem of U.S. occupation—rife with corruption, secret bidding and abusive labor practices.
Monday 9:23 AM
Is the NSA spying program tracking immigrant rights groups as well as antiwar activists and other domestic "threats"?
Monday 8:23 AM
Why Bush won't use diplomacy with Iran.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Friday 9:27 AM
If Ahmadinejad's letter was a bluff, Bush should call it.
Friday 8:40 AM
The Bush administration's flagrant disregard for international rules on torture threatens our national security.
Friday 8:38 AM
The debate over mothers who work and those who don't keeps the debate personal—when it should be societal.
Friday 7:45 AM
From women's health to Ray McGovern, readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Thursday 10:36 AM
The real winners in Medicare's new drug benefit are the industries that lobbied for it.
Thursday 9:37 AM
The U.S. should be using the U.N. to prevent conflicts—not to build a coalition for another unwinnable war.
Thursday 9:27 AM
The fallout over Colbert revealed a split between those basking in power and those fighting for change.
Thursday 8:36 AM
Capitol Hill slugs it out this week in the latest battle to preserve a democratic Internet.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Wednesday 10:23 AM
The spring offensive against abortion rights has provoked a counterinsurgency of its own.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
Is Bush's pick to replace Porter Goss a move toward military domination over intelligence gathering?
Wednesday 9:09 AM
The GOP's latest round of tax cuts confirms the nanny state has been turned on its head: the poor now subsidize the rich.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
The U.S. has lost the chance to address the root cause of Sudanese conflicts: the repressive regime in Khartoum.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Tuesday 10:21 AM
At least you can't say we're Johnny-come-latelies in messing with Iranian regimes.
Tuesday 9:33 AM
This year, forget the flowers—honor Mom with a pledge to end the nation's "care crisis."
Tuesday 9:27 AM
DeLay and Abramoff are gone. But the sordid world they committed crimes to protect continues.
Tuesday 9:13 AM
The average undocumented immigrant contributes more than they claim from the government.
Monday, May 8, 2006
Monday 9:57 AM
One of the Iraq war's key architects is called out on questions few reporters have dared ask.
Monday 9:47 AM
Hookers, booze and poker make a good story. But the real problem is how business is done every day in Washington.
Monday 9:18 AM
This week Bill Frist wants to "fix" America's health care system by taking away patients' rights.
Monday 8:45 AM
Thanksgiving is six months away, but some are already proposing we carve up Iraq like a turkey.
Friday, May 5, 2006
Friday 10:36 AM
The so-called lobbying reform bill that just passed only adds fuel to the fight for real change on Capitol Hill.
Friday 10:22 AM
The U.N. must appoint an envoy to ensure that the peace process in Sudan continues.
Friday 10:09 AM
Two crazy messianic leaders face off. Does anyone think this is really about some centrifuges?
Friday 9:35 AM
The progressive message and the next war; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Thursday 10:27 AM
In some ways, the current debate about ethics reform is missing the forest for the trees.
Thursday 10:26 AM
The jurors refused to allow a government needing a scapegoat and a man wishing for martyrdom to stand in the way of the facts.
Thursday 10:13 AM
Attacking Iran is not a "messy" or a "poor" option. It is not an option.
Thursday 10:04 AM
FEMA's still running the circus and low-income blacks are locked out of the new New Orleans.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Wednesday 10:14 AM
The solution to the dilemma lies in protecting the rights of all workers.
Wednesday 9:55 AM
It isn't enough to put a big idea before the American people—we have to build a political identity.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Since World War II, the U.S. has been involved in more than 200 military operations to provide others with democracy—and failed.
Wednesday 8:24 AM
On energy policy, Bush is suddenly very concerned about the limits of his powers.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Tuesday 10:13 AM
Getting out now may be our only chance to set things right in Iraq.
Tuesday 10:11 AM
Are Democrats and Republicans ready to face reality and invest in sustainable energy independence?
Tuesday 9:59 AM
Across the globe, the Bush administration has pretty much dropped its democratic pretences in favor of stability.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
Bush slashed funding for working families' child care, and now the battle for tax credits is on.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Monday 10:19 AM
Illegal war. Unsustainable deficits. What would John Kenneth Galbraith do?
Monday 10:10 AM
Neocons are upset with intel czar John Negroponte for refusing—so far—to help the White House hype Iran's nuclear threat.
Monday 9:47 AM
With 17 states considering "conscience clauses," pharmacies are the latest front in the movement to ban contraception.
Monday 8:23 AM
The immigrants striking today are the leading edge of a struggle faced by all American workers.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Friday 10:45 AM
Viewing Islamists as a monolith risks closing the gap between those who preach violence and those who preach politics.
Friday 10:14 AM
A new report details the widespread nature of detainee abuse and the severely limited response.
Friday 9:52 AM
From teaching in Los Angeles to working in Malaysia, readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:29 AM
Public scrutiny may yet beat industry dollars in the fight over "net neutrality."
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
It's time to stop the blame game and embrace long-term solutions to America's oil addiction.
Thursday 10:10 AM
Does the trial of Charles Taylor signal a new era of accountability in Africa?
Thursday 9:08 AM
The intelligence on Iraq was fine, says Tyler Drumheller. The policy was stupid.
Thursday 8:27 AM
Why are the mainstream media feigning confusion over the gap between the official view of the economy and the public mood?
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Wednesday 10:44 AM
Before approving more money for Iraq, Congress should demand answers from President Bush about what we're doing there.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
While Chernobyl's impact remains contested, the debate over the future of nuclear power is not.
Wednesday 9:36 AM
Why playing to their base may not deliver Republican victories this year.
Wednesday 8:54 AM
George W. Bush would like to sell you the idea that pesky environmental regulations are keeping gas prices high.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Tuesday 10:30 AM
Our intel stinks and bombing is a bad idea.
Tuesday 10:06 AM
On Wednesday, competing visions of the World Wide Web will collide on Capitol Hill.
Tuesday 9:26 AM
His historical views are as perverse as his morality—so why do his words still carry weight in the Arab and Muslim world?
Tuesday 9:04 AM
The FDA's statement last week on medical marijuana isn't a medical or scientific conclusion. It's a political one.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The Web is brimming with impatient calls for alternatives to President Bush's philosophy and his policies.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Monday 10:49 AM
Corporations are breaking one of the oldest clauses of the social contract—that if you work, you will be taken care of.
Monday 10:32 AM
With officials refusing to fulfill their oversight duties, the CIA officer was likely forced to choose between silence and speaking out.
Monday 10:17 AM
Will putting lipstick on the new Iraqi prime minister make him anything other than what he is?
Monday 9:17 AM
The leader of the oil-addicted U.S. has no business lecturing China about oil consumption.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Friday 10:14 AM
Washington must push Detroit to make more changes in the service of a greener and competitive America.
Friday 10:00 AM
On the life of a man who championed peace, civil rights and social justice.
Friday 9:54 AM
From bankrupt college students to bankrupt Hamas, everybody needs more money in this week's letters.
Friday 9:02 AM
The U.S. is on the cusp of a major political shift the debate over global warming.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Thursday 9:51 AM
Why not use obscene oil profits to fund alternative energy programs?
Thursday 9:20 AM
The trial of Zacarias Moussaoui raises disturbing questions—the least of which involve his alleged role in 9/11.
Thursday 9:00 AM
It's very simple. Any sort of military action against Iran would be counterproductive, if not outright insane.
Thursday 8:23 AM
This weekend's elections are an insult to the very idea of democracy, and to the dignity of all black Americans.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Wednesday 10:31 AM
The evidence refutes the widespread belief that undocumented immigrants cost the nation more than they give.
Wednesday 9:47 AM
Economic inequality matters because it results in political inequality.
Wednesday 9:34 AM
How ongoing corruption scandals—Abramoff, New Hampshire, DeLay—are eroding GOP unity.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
The hopes of pragmatic new leadership in the region have been dashed by insistence on the same old script—for now.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Tuesday 10:36 AM
The government is still denying climate scientists the freedom to talk about global warming.
Tuesday 10:18 AM
Campaigns for impeachment and censure aside, it's time both Republicans and Dems vote to investigate the Bush presidency.
Tuesday 9:59 AM
The U.S. should give New Orleans' displaced residents the same assurance it gave Iraqis—voting is a basic right.
Tuesday 8:42 AM
By critiquing his managment style, senior officers are implicitly speaking out against Rumsfeld's ideology of war.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Monday 10:37 AM
CEO pay and corporate disinformation both reached dizzying new heights while Lee Raymond ran Exxon Mobil.
Monday 10:18 AM
A defense of the estate tax by those who must pay it.
Monday 9:34 AM
Latin America's new leftist leaders are making deals that threaten U.S. dominance in the region.
Monday 9:16 AM
With mid-term elections in mind, are Bush and Cheney planning a major assault to break all resistance to U.S. dominance in Baghdad?
Friday, April 14, 2006
Friday 10:07 AM
On higher education, Republicans must declare where they stand: with America's students or with monied interests?
Friday 10:06 AM
By cutting funding to elected Palestinian representatives, the U.S. and the EU are dooming the region to continued chaos.
Friday 9:14 AM
From Scooter to Skilling, readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:00 AM
Since the federal government wants to give away money to the mega-rich, states are starting to take it back.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Thursday 10:36 AM
Few numbers say more about society's respect for work and the people who do it than the minimum wage.
Thursday 10:09 AM
If only the feds would go after all corporate crime as zealously as they've pursued the Enron conspiracy.
Thursday 9:56 AM
China is hurting the U.S. economy. Since the administration won't lead, Congress must.
Thursday 9:05 AM
The respected, retired generals publicly criticizing Rumsfeld are nearly unprecedented.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Wednesday 10:25 AM
Republicans anxious to extend Bush's tax cuts should ask how the first round performed.
Wednesday 10:08 AM
The pro-war centrist Dem. The anti-war idealist. The charismatic moderate. Where have we seen these characters before?
Wednesday 9:59 AM
New reports undermine the Bush administration's campaign to hype the Al Qaeda threat.
Wednesday 9:36 AM
The present U.S. approach is only damaging the cause of Iranians working for democratic reform.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Tuesday 10:03 AM
By refusing to review Jose Padilla's case, the Supreme Court is abetting the president's indefinite detention of Americans.
Tuesday 9:54 AM
From Iraq to Iran, the party hawks prevent Democrats from offering bold leadership on national security.
Tuesday 9:52 AM
While the national debate remains deadlocked, the states again lead the way in showing the right—and wrong—way forward.
Tuesday 8:54 AM
Whether psy-ops or premeditation, those calling for strikes on Iran are the same folks behind the war in Iraq.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Monday 11:47 AM
The latest testimony from Libby challenges White House claims it didn't manipulate pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
Monday 10:20 AM
Why we should worry if the Beast of Bentonville succeeds in its bid to get into the banking business.
Monday 9:37 AM
The only way to end this administration's blunders in Iraq is to go on the offensive.
Monday 8:34 AM
The mass demonstrations reveal an uprising of people—not just of workers—who are social beings rather than economic objects.
Friday, April 7, 2006
Friday 10:02 AM
The Bay State's new health plan is offering false hope to those who dream of universal coverage.
Friday 9:50 AM
Add Medicare Part D to the list of things—think New Orleans and Iraq—Bush will destroy in order to "save."
Friday 9:22 AM
Solving the U.S. budget problems, helping Mexico and more: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 8:41 AM
Trying to cover for his misuse of intelligence, the president ordered Lewis Libby to disclose classified information to the press.
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Thursday 10:26 AM
As the situation grows more dire, who's to blame for congressional inaction on key global warming issues?
Thursday 10:22 AM
There's a way forward on Iran that includes neither sanctions nor the use of force.
Thursday 9:54 AM
Why is the mainstream press still slow to cover Iraq stories like the Manning Memo?
Thursday 9:51 AM
The imperial follies in Iraq have destroyed the nation's historic culture of democracy and pluralism.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Wednesday 10:34 AM
Rice goes to Congress today to ask that India be rewarded for breaking all the nonproliferation rules.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
Tom DeLay is gone, but his politics of division and corrupt system of corporate patronage live on.
Wednesday 8:46 AM
To solve the problem of illegal immigration, first solve the problems of the Mexican economy.
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Tuesday 10:22 AM
Members of Congress are preparing legislation to legalize Bush's warrantless wiretapping without knowing the facts.
Tuesday 9:58 AM
Bush just passed up the opportunity to force Detroit to make cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Tuesday 9:51 AM
The new budget proposals reveal a Republican Party in denial about the nation's poor fiscal health.
Tuesday 9:06 AM
The Moussaoui conviction shows how well his fantasies lined up with nutty government theories and the nation's need for closure.
Monday, April 3, 2006
Monday 10:35 AM
Last year's union split is diverting attention from much bigger challenges facing American workers.
Monday 10:15 AM
If Bush is serious about combatting terrorism, he'll tell the visiting Israeli Prime Minister to talk to Hamas.
Monday 10:05 AM
The British have an initiative that's reduced child poverty by 17 percent. Why don't we?
Monday 9:15 AM
The Manning memo is significant because it offers more evidence the president knew his case for invading Iraq was shaky.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Friday 10:22 AM
The lobbying reform bill passed by the Senate does almost nothing to prevent the next Jack Abramoff or Tom DeLay.
Friday 10:17 AM
Federal funds are supporting "clinics" that use dishonesty to push an anti-choice agenda to pregnant women.
Friday 10:14 AM
The mainstream civil rights groups are not out defending immigrant rights—a radical departure from the past.
Friday 8:57 AM
Cowardly leaders, criminal leaders, incompetent leaders; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Thursday 11:45 AM
Many Republicans now defending the president are losing sight of what ceding powers to the executive will mean for their own party down the road.
Thursday 11:18 AM
The Dems' new plan has its strengths, but fails to offer voters an alternative to the Bush Doctrine of endless war.
Thursday 9:11 AM
It's not an issue of fences and border patrols, but of economic security and protections for all workers.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wednesday 3:28 PM
Why can't the administration be honest about how much money it's spending on Iraq and Afghanistan?
Wednesday 10:40 AM
The Bush administration's handling of the war is turning allies into enemies.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
Jack Abramoff gets sentenced today. Take a closer look at the world he and his cronies fought for.
Wednesday 9:45 AM
An array of new polls show that Americans are growing increasingly comfortable with equal marriage rights for all.
Wednesday 9:43 AM
In five years, the best strategy the Bush team can come up with: you're still either with us, or you're with the terrorists.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Tuesday 10:20 AM
The Hamdan case is not only about Bush's military commissions—it's also about maintaining the courts' vital role as check and balance.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
Despite Bono, Blair and the G8, the World Bank still hasn't moved on debt relief. Will today's meeting be a step forward?
Tuesday 9:26 AM
The CPA's slash-and-burn assault on Iraq's economy is the overlooked fuel of today's insurgency.
Tuesday 9:22 AM
The mass demonstrations show that immigrants will continue to press for recognition and rights.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Monday 10:12 AM
What tomorrow's elections mean for the peace process.
Monday 9:08 AM
Once members have crossed a desert to scrape for meager pay, they'll appreciate what real border security is.
Monday 8:48 AM
Bush's insidious new national security strategy gives Democrats an opportunity to define themselves.
Monday 8:47 AM
Giving undue credit to the powers of the Israel lobby lets the U.S. off the hook for its foreign policy choices.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Friday 9:58 AM
The protests in Paris shine a light on a problem shared by the United States: sky-high youth unemployment.
Friday 9:56 AM
Republican shamelessness betrays their fear of Feingold, while Democratic silence betrays their fear of taking a stand.
Friday 9:12 AM
Why Bush does not want Congress to retroactively approve his illegal wiretaps.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Thursday 3:34 PM
From the money problems of American education to the money problems of Hamas, readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday 10:36 AM
When the going gets bad, the White House attacks the messengers, just like their ideological forefathers under Nixon.
Thursday 10:22 AM
Bush's statement that U.S. troops will remain in Iraq until 2009 bodes ill for Iraq and for national security.
Thursday 10:06 AM
Nothing short of a radical reordering of our economy will stop 56 million jobs from being sent overseas.
Thursday 8:55 AM
Even the best version of a guest worker program exploits immigrant workers and undermines the rights of other workers.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Wednesday 10:09 AM
South Dakota's extreme new law is making Republicans squirm—and Democrats should be pouncing.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
It is time to drive the money changers from the temple of democracy.
Wednesday 9:07 AM
Now that the GOP controls federal government, big money interests are trumping the best efforts of the states.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Tuesday 10:08 AM
The U.S. is turning to Iran for help in Iraq—showing just how much influence Iran now wields in the Persian Gulf.
Tuesday 9:24 AM
George W. Bush will harm a few Republicans this fall's elections—but he has damaged the cause of good government for years to come.
Tuesday 8:46 AM
Reporting on Iraq in U.S. dailies still suffers from an overreliance on what U.S. officials tell journalists.
Tuesday 7:55 AM
Last week, an appeals court took the Bush administration to task for ignoring environmental laws.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Monday 12:12 PM
A U.K. whistleblower who tried to derail the Iraq invasion makes a plea for others to come forward on Iran—before it's too late.
Monday 10:31 AM
Withdrawal and the war on terror are the wrong lenses through which to view America's misadventure in Iraq.
Monday 10:17 AM
Children of immigrants will be the first to suffer from punitive "reforms."
Monday 9:34 AM
Resistance is growing to Bush's opening of our last roadless national forests to industrial exploitation.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Claude Allen is nothing more than the latest in a long line of unqualified criminals who are the top ranks of the Bush administration.
Friday 10:06 AM
Recognizing Israel won't be a priority as long as Palestine is in chaos and until Israel gets serious about peace.
Friday 9:30 AM
Our economy is breaking records for inequality and exclusion. It's time to invest in smart, sustainable development.
Friday 9:01 AM
Carter and Corn are completely right and totally wrong: Readers disagree in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
The Iraqi Civil War has begun; but to understand it think Beirut, not Bull Run.
Thursday 9:47 AM
As a new generation of leaders are elected, they are steadily pulling Latin America out of the Washington Consensus.
Thursday 9:44 AM
It's far better to light a candle than to curse the dark of the Bush administration.
Thursday 9:19 AM
In an effort to duck the self-inflicted disasters at home and abroad, the GOP is attacking social spending.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Wednesday 10:34 AM
The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas are winning because of political and national grievances, not religious fantasies.
Wednesday 10:26 AM
Democrats who believe that impeachment will come before they control the House are wasting precious time.
Wednesday 10:04 AM
A tribute to the remarkable leader who realized that the civil rights movement freed whites as well as blacks.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
Add the Millenium Challenge Account to the long list of Bush's failed initiatives. This time, the losers are the world's poor.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Tuesday 10:40 AM
Prejudice and ignorance trumped the legitimate national security issues at stake in the debate over America's port operations.
Tuesday 10:06 AM
If you feel like you've seen this movie before, you have. Welcome to Operation Regime Change II.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
The reconstruction of the Gulf Coast is happening at the expense of the workers who need the most help.
Tuesday 9:14 AM
Industry and evangelicals have accepted the need for strong climate policies. Only Bush remains hunkered down.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Monday 11:59 AM
The White House is making the same mistakes with Iran as it did with Iraq. This time, the damage to America will be much worse.
Monday 10:37 AM
The conditions that helped us beat the last recession will not be available for the next.
Monday 9:59 AM
The rapid evolution and spread of bird flu is the result of factory poultry farming and cross-border trade.
Monday 9:18 AM
States may be trying to limit gay marriage but the courts have already blessed gay families.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Friday 10:59 AM
Bush's energy policy is extraordinary in its willingness to harm American interests and enrich oil companies.
Friday 9:46 AM
Catholic Democrats have forged a unifying statement of principles to move beyond the abortion stalemate.
Friday 9:20 AM
When all is said and done, even the most virtuosic spinning by Karen Hughes won't compensate for disastrous U.S. policy.
Friday 8:45 AM
On extending protection of children past birth, and the growing global population boom: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
Palestinians must live in peace and dignity, and permanent Israeli settlements on their land are the preeminent obstacle to this goal.
Thursday 10:09 AM
When Bush visited New Orleans yesterday, he neglected to mention that the poorest victims of Katrina aren't getting helped.
Thursday 9:59 AM
Unless Congress and the courts compel executive accountability, we will never know if we are becoming more secure.
Thursday 9:51 AM
The U.S. has a high abortion rate because it has a high unintended pregnancy rate. Criminalizing abortion won't fix that.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Wednesday 10:33 AM
The Bush administration has replaced the rule of law with the rule by one.
Wednesday 10:09 AM
South Dakota's new abortion law will enable the state to imprison women for murder.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
Federal agencies are overturning state laws in order to protect industries from facing injured consumers in court.
Wednesday 9:05 AM
With ANWR stalled in Congress, the oil industry is turning its attention to drilling on the outer continental shelf.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Tuesday 10:38 AM
The question isn't whether ballot fraud happens. The question is, why should we trust any election results?
Tuesday 10:30 AM
With the help of a nervous and noisy Wal-Mart, Maryland's health care controversy has sparked a needed debate.
Tuesday 10:00 AM
The new order in the Holy Land is built on an unspoken understanding that is fragile, incomplete and holding.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
It's official. America's closest ally has announced that climate change has ushered in an era of violent conflict over energy, water and arable land.
Monday, March 6, 2006
Monday 9:41 AM
Is it irony or insult when Bush makes appointments to oversee industries from within the ranks of the industries themselves?
Monday 9:28 AM
To seize the moment, the pro-choice movement will have to become a movement again.
Monday 9:24 AM
The facts about U.S. port security do not support the election-year rhetoric.
Monday 8:39 AM
Five world leaders rise in support of the landmark reforms to the U.N. Human Rights body...and against John Bolton.
Friday, March 3, 2006
Friday 10:25 AM
A solution to the Iranian nuclear showdown is still within reach, but it will take a grand compromise.
Friday 10:10 AM
A recent economic debate between centrist and liberal Democrats made it clear who is working for whom.
Friday 10:02 AM
Outlawing abortion will not end abortion, but it will put women at risk.
Friday 9:29 AM
On the Zogby poll, the buying of U.S. ports and the buying of U.S. politicians: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Thursday 10:10 AM
The White House views the entire globe as a battlefield—and we are all treated as potential enemies.
Thursday 9:50 AM
Who owns what doesn't matter if the government won't fund basic protective measures.
Thursday 9:38 AM
The former FDA official asks: When did adult access to contraception become so controversial?
Thursday 9:01 AM
Today, New Mexico boosts the cause of election reform by moving to a voting system of all paper ballots.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Wednesday 9:32 AM
In a groundbreaking public opinion survey, Americans are finally able to hear what the troops in Iraq think about the war they are fighting.
Wednesday 9:24 AM
The GOP openly sold America's seniors to Big Pharma for the drug benefit—but the fight to repair the damage is on.
Wednesday 8:26 AM
In the flap over a Dubai company managing U.S. ports, politicians from both parties are guilty of selective outrage.
Wednesday 8:22 AM
Last week's failed attack raises a crucial question: how will Arab oil kingdoms deal with their disgruntled young men?
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Tuesday 10:52 AM
Today, the Supreme Court has an historic opportunity to free elections from the taint of unlimited spending—and evidence from abroad shows it's good for democracy.
Tuesday 10:32 AM
The Bush strategy has collapsed. All that separates Iraq from all-out civil war is the greed of its corrupt leaders.
Tuesday 9:40 AM
A former intelligence analyst on the danger of this White House's aversion to bad news.
Tuesday 9:23 AM
Stop the Diebolds and gerrymandering; but at the end of the day, there's still one major obstacle to democracy.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Monday 11:18 AM
Despite all the recent hype, the additional risk of a nuclear-armed Iran is minimal and manageable.
Monday 11:07 AM
The U.S. is abandoning its political and moral authority in the Middle East.
Monday 10:30 AM
When it comes to professional conscience, doctors have a greater legal responsibility than pharmacists.
Monday 10:13 AM
For the party of fiscal accountability, Republicans in Congress have dangerously little interest in investigating the contracting scandals of the Iraqi occupation.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Friday 11:29 AM
The die has been cast. Bush must take the blame for destroying Iraq.
Friday 10:36 AM
It's time for organized people to challenge organized money in Washington—and beyond.
Friday 10:01 AM
President Bush sowed the hysteria he is now reaping in the form of the UAE ports controversy.
Friday 9:19 AM
Weighing in on Republican psychology, the nexus of business and human rights, our scary future and the intoonfada.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Thursday 10:52 AM
If Bush is serious about energy independence he should follow the lead of the states.
Thursday 10:26 AM
Did outrage at the lack of high-level accountability spur the release of more Abu Ghraib photos?
Thursday 10:01 AM
America is stuck in a debate over which form of conquest, economic or imperial, is better. The answer is neither.
Thursday 9:21 AM
This focus on an Arab company fuels prejudice and obscures the real issues at hand.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Wednesday 10:35 AM
Conservatives value a simple belief in the absolute and perfect authority of George W. Bush more than personal responsibility.
Wednesday 10:25 AM
How the White House treats the new Palestinian government will be a litmus test for U.S. relations with the Arab world.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Despite the bluster, Congress showed that it is more interested in Chinese contracts than democracy.
Wednesday 9:23 AM
The domestic threat from exotic weapons or diseases is much smaller than you're being led to believe.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Tuesday 10:44 AM
Now that the press has come alive over the hunting accident, will it dig into the bigger scandals involving Dick Cheney?
Tuesday 10:05 AM
President Préval needs the backing of the U.S.—and the world—to bring calm to his nation.
Tuesday 9:45 AM
The issue isn't that an Arab company is running U.S. ports—it's that we are giving control over vital infrastructure to corporations.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
The fact that the president consulted Michael Crichton on global warming would be funny—if the consequences of Bush's policies weren't so dire.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Monday 9:37 AM
Choosing profits over principles, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have foolishly embraced the dragon of censorship.
Monday 8:54 AM
There is nothing courageous about using freedom of speech to ridicule one of the weakest segments of your society.
Monday 8:53 AM
Welcome back to the paradoxical Bush/Cheney "responsibility society"— where absolutely no one takes responsibilty.
Monday 7:46 AM
Friday, February 17, 2006
Friday 9:49 AM
Is there any aspect of President Bush's miserable record on intelligence that Sen. Pat Roberts isn't willing to help cover up?
Friday 9:48 AM
The defense secretary's North African deals show that freedom is on the march—a death march.
Friday 9:41 AM
We now have proof that most of the prisoners are guilty only of bad luck and that we are casually destroying their lives.
Friday 9:35 AM
What Muslims really want; the big "I" question; New Orleans' free market: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Thursday 9:48 AM
There's a proven and painless way to reduce fuel consumption but politicians won't even touch it.
Thursday 9:37 AM
Bush wants market forces to rebuild New Orleans—the only problem is that there is no market.
Thursday 9:36 AM
Mapping the genome will undermine the logic of private insurance—and force us to adopt universal healthcare.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Wednesday 9:58 AM
Republican leaders in Congress are failing the public by choosing not to question King George and his courtesans.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
Soon America will realize that to save our free market system, we will need to roll back the power of oligopolies.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
The party is suffering self-inflicted damage for blocking a popular Iraq veteran from running for office.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Hamas lives in the real world, not Bush's fantasyland. It will talk and it will compromise.
Tuesday 10:51 AM
To reconcile support for impeachment with the Republican lockdown on our political institutions requires a three-part strategy.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
A radical plan to Abramoff-proof politics.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
A new bad idea is being used to justify the "long war" against terrorism: the revival of the Islamic caliphate.
Monday 9:55 AM
Without a dramatic change, energy scarcity—with its wars and high prices—will define the coming era.
Monday 9:07 AM
Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Friday 11:35 AM
One question not asked when Michael Brown testified on Capitol Hill was why someone so unqualified got such an important job.
Friday 10:24 AM
Bush shouldn't defer spending to prepare for the defining wars of the 21st century—which are economic, not military.
Friday 10:17 AM
We don't need billions in research subsidies or mountaintop removal mining to meet our growing energy needs.
Friday 10:02 AM
Bush, Cheney and Rove put national security below their goals of increasing presidential power and winning elections.
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Thursday 10:12 AM
China's holdings of U.S. debt limit its options more than America's.
Thursday 10:00 AM
The West is right to demand Hamas recognize Israel and shun violence—but peace requires dialogue with Islamists.
Thursday 9:58 AM
Last week, the White House defended the controversial Texas redistricting plan—a plan it had worked hand in hand with Tom DeLay to pass.
Thursday 9:45 AM
The attorney general's defense of Bush's illegal domestic spying was part Kafka, part Mel Brooks and part John le Carré.
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Wednesday 10:57 AM
The split among major evangelicals on global warming exposes a fault line in the conservative movement.
Wednesday 10:41 AM
This explosion is the final act of the colonial struggle between the West and the Islamic world.
Wednesday 9:57 AM
Never in history has any nation decided to spend so much for so long to battle so few.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Tuesday 11:48 AM
Washington is fixated on the budget deficit, but Americans are suffering far more from a growing investment deficit.
Tuesday 10:33 AM
Bush's escalation of his war into a strugge against the "evil ideology" of radical Islam may trigger a clash of civilizations.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
Today, Katrina survivors are protesting policies that prevent them from returning home or shaping their own communities.
Tuesday 9:13 AM
Yesterday's NSA hearings showed Congress standing up to the White House and then running away from the fight.
Monday, February 6, 2006
Monday 10:42 AM
Soldiers and their families are bearing the biggest cost of the war in Iraq—while oil companies make out like bandits.
Monday 10:22 AM
Today's hearing should be only the first step in getting answers from the secretive Bush administration on its domestic spying program.
Monday 10:18 AM
Some of Bush's biggest fundraisers are facing fraud charges—but the president refuses to acknowledge his connection.
Monday 9:39 AM
Welcome is the news of a museum for African-American history—because how we remember our past shapes our future.
Friday, February 3, 2006
Friday 11:56 AM
John Boehner's made a career from selling out struggling college students to his big donor friends in the student loan industry.
Friday 10:29 AM
While Bush reinforces his Zarqawi myth and Dems call lamely for more armor, the battle lines for civil war in Iraq are being drawn.
Friday 10:25 AM
Bush's empty State of the Union address signals the energy is draining from his administration. Democrats must stand up.
Friday 9:20 AM
The Iran issue, thoughts about Hamas' big win; the people's state of the union: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
Afghanistan shows the west can neither fix failed states nor prioritize counterterrorism over oil.
Thursday 10:19 AM
Bush worked himself into a lather over an idea that has no proponents—to dodge the tough questions he cannot answer.
Thursday 10:18 AM
America was founded to promote the public good over the king's interests. It's time we lived up to that basic charter.
Thursday 10:05 AM
Yesterday's budget vote shows Republican priorities are clear—lobbyists outrank America's poor and middle class.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Wednesday 10:29 AM
In his refusal to level with Americans about foreign affairs, the president has become the engine of isolationism.
Wednesday 10:22 AM
Does it matter how much Republicans have screwed up if the Democrats still haven't figured out how to shine on their own?
Wednesday 10:16 AM
If the U.S. did not foresee Hamas' victory, it is either willfully blind or totally incompetent—and neither is comforting.
Wednesday 9:53 AM
It's time to bring down the curtain on the catastrophic conservatism that defines this presidency.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Tuesday 10:19 AM
The former vice-presidential nominee sketches a vision of a nation that works for all of us.
Tuesday 10:18 AM
President Bush could choose tonight to put America on a more secure course to energy independence. Will he?
Tuesday 9:51 AM
To understand the partisan nature of the Abramoff scandal, look at who cared about tribal interests before they met Jack.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The Katrina calamity has begun to unleash some inventive ideas that embrace the principles of smart growth.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Monday 10:40 AM
A filibuster of the Supreme Court nominee would signal a victory of principle over politics.
Monday 10:07 AM
Secretary of State Rice wants to transform the U.S. diplomatic corps in service of Bush Democracy.
Monday 9:51 AM
Turns out wealthy Americans and Wall Street make out best under the "consumer-driven health care" touted by President Bush.
Monday 9:36 AM
What exactly does our imperial presidency, with all its power, rule over?
Friday, January 27, 2006
Friday 10:36 AM
After years of ignoring the social contract, this elite gathering may soon find the party is coming to an end.
Friday 10:04 AM
Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections is a disaster built on short-sighted policies by the PLO, Israel and the U.S.
Friday 9:37 AM
To questions yesterday on NSA spying, Abramoff and Katrina, the president had no good answers.
Friday 9:36 AM
Where Dems should focus in 2006; student loan woes; turning the clock back on abortion: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Thursday 9:50 AM
George W. Bush's leadership on the economy has definitely broken records—just not the kind you'd want to brag about.
Thursday 9:36 AM
Democrats should stand against extremism and fight Judge Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Thursday 9:35 AM
The Bush administration will do anything to keep the far right in good graces—even deny contraception to rape victims.
Thursday 9:23 AM
The White House is making preparations to attack Iran. But even limited strikes would be strategic folly.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Wednesday 10:53 AM
Secretary Rice's diplomatic revival must build a sustainable economic pathway for China, India and the U.S.
Wednesday 10:52 AM
On student loans, the president gets schooled by a student from Kansas State.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Last week, the federal agency supposed to protect consumers gave the pharmaceutical industry a big wet kiss.
Wednesday 9:35 AM
Whether you detest or adore him, the president of Venezuela is a rising force in Latin America.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Tuesday 10:08 AM
The Medicare drug program delivers the performance of a used moped for the price of a brand-new Porsche.
Tuesday 9:58 AM
First conceived by Samuel Alito, the White House is using "signing statements" to marginalize Congress.
Tuesday 9:53 AM
A pragmatic center that scorns Osama-and-Dick-style political extremism is taking shape in the Middle East.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
Democrats should use an Alito filibuster to talk about the Bush administration's assaults on our democracy.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Monday 9:59 AM
Friday's election results make it nearly impossible to stop Iraq from descending into full-blown civil war.
Monday 9:49 AM
Washington's shift from sustainable development to energy and Al Qaeda will be counterproductive.
Monday 9:46 AM
Steven Spielberg's latest is about the moral complications of counterterrorism: a dilemma America must face.
Monday 9:39 AM
An increase in illegal abortions isn't a theoretical outcome of Roe someday being overturned. It's already happening.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Friday 10:28 AM
The lobbying reform proposals pushed by both parties ignore the elephant in the room: campaign finance.
Friday 10:27 AM
Cheney wants another war, Hillary wants sanctions, but the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize calls for diplomacy.
Friday 9:54 AM
Letting Alito slide; the dying wage; reforming Capitol Hill: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:32 AM
If liberals want to win in 2006, the focus must be on fair economic policies, framed to put conservatives on the defensive.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Thursday 10:39 AM
The Bush administration uses fuzzy math to calculate the ongoing costs of our misadventure in Iraq.
Thursday 10:25 AM
Public pressure should be brought on the current crop of moral dunces panting to do business in China.
Thursday 10:12 AM
The current Medicare fiasco offers a lesson about policymaking in an age of market consensus.
Thursday 9:02 AM
A new report chastises the United States not only for its detention policies—but also its tolerance of abusive allies in the "war on terror."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
George W. Bush is playing defense on the war in Iraq—accusing critics of giving "aid to the enemy."
Wednesday 10:24 AM
The real problem in Washington is much bigger than politicians selling their votes for a fancy dinner or vacation.
Wednesday 10:22 AM
If Democrats want to regain their economic credibility, they should look to their roots.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
It's time for enviros to understand that the enormity of global warming means everything else is secondary.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
When there is an economic service that citizens value highly and that only government can provide, it should.
Tuesday 10:49 AM
Barack Obama has spent his first year in the Senate learning the ropes. What is next for the junior senator from Illinois?
Tuesday 10:28 AM
Darwin didn't realize 150 years ago that life and the environment evolved together. Now we're learning the hard way.
Tuesday 9:08 AM
In last week's hearings, the Democrats lost the opportunity to show the public that Samuel Alito's not just conservative, he's radical.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Monday 10:37 AM
In the clap-happy kumbayah that color celebrations of what King stood for, the government and the media must not forget what he stood against.
Monday 9:08 AM
Martin Luther King Jr. would tell today's Congress to value American workers by providing a living wage.
Monday 8:09 AM
On progress and setbacks—think Alito—for racial equality in America today.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Friday 10:56 AM
Iran's leader is making incendiary remarks and provoking a showdown with the West—which may be exactly what he wants.
Friday 10:23 AM
Dems should argue the GOP scandals show the Republican Party's fealty to industry over individuals.
Friday 10:03 AM
New reporting from The New York Times' James Risen puts to rest the only challenge to the Downing Street memos.
Friday 9:46 AM
The Dems' economic problems; searching for answers in Sago; religion and government collide.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Thursday 12:07 PM
When Bush visits today, he'll find a city in desperate need for more funding and fighting a pitched battle over how to rebuild.
Thursday 10:19 AM
When it lied about Saddam's WMDs, the U.S. lost the credibility it now needs to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Thursday 10:14 AM
Congress' most recent budget cuts put the biggest burden on those who can least afford it—college students.
Thursday 9:30 AM
This scandal is as Republican as privatized Social Security.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Wednesday 10:33 AM
It's time to end the arbitrary and ineffective program that rounds up Muslim and Arab immigrants in the United States.
Wednesday 9:59 AM
Programs for disadvantaged kids can almost guarantee a better life. But we've got to start early.
Wednesday 9:53 AM
Britain's number two calls on the developed world to globalize not only capitalism, but social justice as well.
Wednesday 9:25 AM
Why the Supreme Court is right and the Family Research Council is wrong about religious freedom.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Tuesday 10:05 AM
Separating spin from reality in the confirmation hearings.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
Because Sharon's exit offers hope for a return to diplomacy, Bush will be sad to see him go.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
Even 230 years after the publication of his revolutionary pamphlet, Thomas Paine's words still speak to the challenges of the American experience.
Tuesday 9:14 AM
We should be alarmed by the willingness of our most powerful media companies to yield to White House pressure.
Monday, January 9, 2006
Monday 10:21 AM
The senator's anti-torture bill fails in the details—and may increase the practice of rendition.
Monday 9:44 AM
Liberals should use Alito's confirmation hearings to show the public exactly what an ultraconservative Supreme Court will mean for them.
Monday 9:29 AM
The opening salvos in this war over executive authority will be the questions the Judiciary Committee puts to Alito.
Monday 9:26 AM
Climate change seems unable to take its rightful place on the world stage: as the single biggest challenge facing the planet.
Friday, January 6, 2006
Friday 11:07 AM
To prevent future tragedies, corporate executives must believe there are consequences to ignoring worker safety.
Friday 10:49 AM
If you've been thinking that the Dems' economic policy is indistinguishable from the GOP's, you're right.
Friday 9:52 AM
When we see activity like illegal citizen surveillance in other countries, we usually call them police states.
Friday 9:04 AM
How to measure prosperity; DeLay's Russian cohorts; untangling immigration: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Thursday 12:32 PM
When the subject was Bill Clinton, newspapers weren't shy about calling for impeachment.
Thursday 10:47 AM
The NSA eavesdropping revelation is more than just an diminishment of civil liberties. It's a threat to the separation of powers.
Thursday 10:00 AM
Democrats could profit politically from the disastrous Medicare drug benefit—by fixing it.
Thursday 9:52 AM
Congress just helped Bush sneak through appointees who will further weaken oversight of federal elections in America.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Immigration is shaping up to be a wedge issue in 2006—so where are progressives?
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Jack Abramoff's plea is just the beginning. DeLay's dealings with Russia should be one of the biggest stories of the year.
Wednesday 9:31 AM
Democrats and moderate Republicans should challenge Bush's nominee at every turn.
Wednesday 9:27 AM
In the future, oil and gas will be replaced by renewables. But for now, energy imperialism is the driver of global politics.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Tuesday 10:36 AM
If we measured average Americans' prosperity, the White House would be singing a different economic tune.
Tuesday 8:56 AM
Why do we reward good teachers by moving them away from the students who need the most help?
Tuesday 8:47 AM
Reports that the Bush administration may strike Iranian nuclear facilities promise only further destabilization in Iraq.
Tuesday 8:46 AM
The president's defense of his wiretapping has unveiled a hidden state.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Thursday 11:27 AM
The victory of the Shiite religious bloc means the big winner in the Iraqi elections is Iran. Next stop: civil war.
Thursday 11:26 AM
Republicans are once again trying to brand Democrats as caring more about politics than defending America.
Thursday 10:42 AM
The White House seems to believe Congress has signed off on an "anything goes" approach to counterterrorism.
Thursday 9:38 AM
Has outrage over runaway CEO pay reached a critical moment?
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Wednesday 10:23 AM
What Democrats can learn from the successful gay marriage campaigns in the U.K. and Canada.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
GOP leaders in the House and Senate rushed out a budget agreement that's stingy enough to put the Grinch to shame.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
By any measure, the Pentagon's $5 million contract to purchase positive news coverage in Iraq is a failure.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Tuesday 11:33 AM
Is President Bush guilty of the crime for which Richard Nixon was impeached?
Tuesday 10:39 AM
A leader of the Iraqi opposition denounces Al Qaeda and calls for negotiations with the U.S. Will Bush listen?
Tuesday 10:06 AM
Today, the EPA unveils regulations that will shield the power industry from air pollution cleanup—again.
Tuesday 9:54 AM
The 46 senators who blocked the renewal of the PATRIOT Act last week are rebels with a just cause.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Monday 10:53 AM
Bush is backed into a corner as a tsunami of evidence shows he lied to America.
Monday 9:27 AM
Congress should ask why the president ignored laws that protect Americans from government eavesdropping.
Monday 9:18 AM
The party that comes out strongest for affordable health care could win in the 2006 midterm elections.
Monday 9:13 AM
Democrats need to reimagine the contract between government, businesses and workers.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Friday 9:16 AM
At long last, American officials are preparing to negotiate with the Sunni resistance.
Friday 9:15 AM
The Bush administration's intransigence on climate change has inspired a mutiny of mayors.
Friday 9:14 AM
Torture and morality; the Muslim Brotherhood; and the unfairness of fair trade: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 8:48 AM
The Bush administration's hostility toward freedom of information dates back to the days when Rumsfeld and Cheney worked for Gerald Ford.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Thursday 10:24 AM
Whatever the outcome of Iraq's elections, we have a pretty good idea of what the future holds.
Thursday 10:20 AM
The radical right is still feverishly fighting a battle that was settled 40 years ago.
Thursday 9:31 AM
Congress is about to pass a bill that cuts off the only real route out of the Guantanamo mess.
Thursday 9:27 AM
She's backing Bush on the war and sponsoring a limitation of free speech even Scalia won't touch.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Wednesday 11:17 AM
At Montreal's global warming talks, the world learned that it's not the climate, but the change, that worries Bush.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
There's no point in passing a bill that is stuffed with pet projects and offers only limited reforms.
Wednesday 10:15 AM
Don't call a marginal interest vital. Don't obscure political objectives with military honor. Don't piss off your allies...
Wednesday 9:33 AM
Ending farm subsidies will increase exports from the developing world—but that won't help the world's poor.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Tuesday 11:27 AM
Torture helped Bush implement a policy of unchecked aggression. Torture may help McCain end it.
Tuesday 10:43 AM
The question we should be focusing on is not how much to tax, but what to tax.
Tuesday 9:43 AM
Democrats need to devise a unified political strategy on Iraq before Republicans box them in.
Tuesday 9:19 AM
From Seattle to New Orleans, events are making clear the vital role of public investment.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Monday 10:16 AM
Last week, an Islamist group did well in Egypt's national elections. Now it's time for the Bush administration to walk its democratic talk.
Monday 10:10 AM
Will the Supreme Court nominee balance his personal beliefs with respect for the secular side of America's civic heritage?
Monday 9:30 AM
The key to ending the redistricting gridlock may lie in having more than one candidate win elections.
Monday 8:48 AM
We should pay close attention to what a free export market in U.S. propaganda does to our own democracy.
Friday, December 9, 2005
Friday 10:43 AM
While trying to please everyone, President Bush's immigration policy ends up disappointing all.
Friday 10:11 AM
Bush sold America his global war using an old Christian heresy. Not surprisingly, it's led to a new crusade.
Friday 10:10 AM
War propaganda; the GOP and Roe; hyping the wrong women/work issue: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:38 AM
Thanks to the slick maneuvering of the U.S. and other rich nations, the deck remains stacked against developing countries.
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Thursday 12:38 PM
The debate over Iraq hinges on the capability of "Iraqi forces." But the new constitution has no federal internal force.
Thursday 12:32 PM
Bush's propaganda doesn't just spread untruths to the public—he's come to believe it himself.
Thursday 10:58 AM
There's a fight in Congress between the upper middle class and the super-rich.
Thursday 10:25 AM
Dealing with China's coming superpower status is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Wednesday 10:06 AM
With an alternative to the Shiite religious bloc emerging, next week's elections in Iraq are the final chance to avoid full-scale civil war.
Wednesday 9:13 AM
If women are leaving the labor market, it's not because they want to.
Wednesday 9:12 AM
From the war to the economy, this holiday season bears the signs of a great nation in decline.
Wednesday 8:41 AM
Why everyone from chambers of commerce to police chiefs are embracing early education.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Tuesday 10:50 AM
The facts just don't support the everyone-does-it defense for Republican corruption.
Tuesday 10:37 AM
By underfunding wetlands restoration, President Bush has given New Orleans the kiss of death.
Tuesday 10:13 AM
The U.N.'s High Commission on Human Rights calls for those responsible for torture and ill treatment to be prosecuted.
Tuesday 9:50 AM
Why making abortion illegal would actually be the Republicans' worst nightmare.
Monday, December 5, 2005
Monday 10:20 AM
It's time to turn the battle against Wal-Mart into a fight against the system that created it.
Monday 10:01 AM
The Iraq news payola scandal reinforces how the United States is exporting hypocrisy—not democracy.
Monday 9:54 AM
Reagan was onto something when he closed the tax loopholes that punish regular folks for investing.
Monday 9:23 AM
The news about Texas redistricting was the latest sign the Justice Department has abused its mandate to serve the GOP.
Friday, December 2, 2005
Friday 10:52 AM
The Bush administration's distaste for reality is fueling its enemies in Iraq and in Congress.
Friday 9:19 AM
Sure, the Bush administration enforces clear air laws—when they don't trouble big polluters.
Friday 9:18 AM
The Social Security defeat shattered GOP unity long before DeLay's indictment and the public's turn against the Iraq War.
Friday 9:18 AM
China/U.S. relations; Bush's "joke" about taking out Al Jazeera; parental notification: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Thursday 10:01 AM
The United States is not the only reason the world is losing the battle against AIDS—but it's the biggest.
Thursday 9:49 AM
Bush just appointed a guy to be deputy director of USAID who believes Muslims will burn in hell.
Thursday 8:56 AM
As world leaders meet this week to discuss Kyoto, Tony Blair should call Bush's bluff on global warming and open the door for real progress.
Thursday 8:44 AM
We're at risk of rebuilding a Gulf Coast where poor communities with little economic power fight each other over jobs.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Wednesday 11:07 AM
Why won't the American media probe whether the report that Bush threatened to bomb Al Jazeera is true?
Wednesday 11:03 AM
As the debate over Iraq heats up, two new reports look at U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf after withdrawal.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Last week's Scanlon deal has sounded a death knell for the Republican Revolution of 1994.
Wednesday 9:45 AM
Today's case before the Supreme Court would send minors seeking abortions for health reasons to the courts—not the doctor.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tuesday 10:07 AM
Diplomats in Montreal may be eyeing 2012, but real progress on climate change won't happen until Bush leaves office.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
The Cairo peace conference shows Iraq's factions are willing to do their part. Now it's time for the Bush administration to act.
Tuesday 9:29 AM
How the Dems' fear of bashing capitalism allows the GOP to dominate the globalization debate.
Tuesday 9:24 AM
Congress has a plan to deal with those pesky courts that can't always be relied on to do the bidding of politicians.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Monday 12:18 PM
In the face of climate change and oil depletion, how do you prepare for a less spendthrift America?
Monday 10:15 AM
Will the current turmoil produce peaceful Islamists or radical nationalists—or something in between?
Monday 9:55 AM
The mess we created in Iraq, Woodward's curious admission and Murtha's mind: Readers react in this week's letters.
Monday 9:46 AM
The world can't long endure a global economy based on U.S. consumption and Chinese exports.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Thursday 11:28 AM
Wishing for more and thinking it possible, if not probable -- those are reasons to give thanks in America.
Thursday 11:27 AM
Words of hope from the leader of the peace movement.
Thursday 8:03 AM
How the media stokes the hot coals of unthankfulness—dismissing what we already have as woefully insufficient.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Wednesday 10:44 AM
The Cairo Summit builds a bridge between Iraqi politics, U.S. public opinion and calls for withdrawal.
Wednesday 10:43 AM
Jack Murtha is not making things up. But the same can't be said for the folks running the war.
Wednesday 10:14 AM
Bush said his tax cuts would create working-class jobs. But the wealthy were the only ones invited to the feast.
Wednesday 10:13 AM
Something good happened last week in D.C.: Obama and a bipartisan crew of colleagues unveiled eco-friendly bills on energy.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Tuesday 10:14 AM
The "Out Now!" slogan serves to pressure a change in course in Iraq—but it is too simplistic to adopt as a policy.
Tuesday 8:16 AM
Exiting Iraq may be a prerequisite for victory.
Tuesday 7:59 AM
Bring back the democracy experts we've sent to the Middle East. Our national government is dysfunctional.
Tuesday 7:53 AM
A reporter who covered Watergate says Bush has more power than Nixon's imperial presidency did in the early 1970s.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Monday 12:36 PM
The gentleman from Pennsylvania has galvanized the Dems. But it was the colonels who may undermine the hawks.
Monday 9:28 AM
The famed reporter's knack for making nice with powerful insiders is evidence anew that journalism must be reformed.
Monday 9:21 AM
Health care has been tied to employment for far too long.
Monday 9:17 AM
The former chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence explains how the administration manipulated Congress.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Friday 10:32 AM
The standard-bearer of public broadcasting riffs on Texas, George W. Bush and independent journalism.
Friday 10:29 AM
The revelation of Iranian-backed, government-run torture centers and death squads makes it clear that we replaced Saddam with something equally evil.
Friday 10:26 AM
Why Scooter Libby's "some other guy did it" defense won't work.
Friday 9:30 AM
More Wal-Mart debates, and how Bush might wag the dog: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Thursday 9:36 AM
We need more than biofuels to break our addiction.
Thursday 9:08 AM
How many of the Dems eyeing the 2008 nomination will follow John Edwards' example on Iraq?
Thursday 9:06 AM
Why Republican hypocrisy on moral issues matters.
Thursday 9:05 AM
This week, the Supreme Court stabbed yet another partisan knife into the American electoral system.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Wednesday 11:44 AM
This weekend, Iraqi leaders, their neighbors and the world's diplomats meet in Egypt to talk peace. It's fragile, but it's real.
Wednesday 11:04 AM
Will moderate Republicans on the Hill have the courage to stand up to their far-right colleagues?
Wednesday 10:11 AM
With his advisers and his agenda against the wall, Bush may just use a new war to distract his detractors. Here's how.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
The 1985 memo shows that for Judge Alito, opposition to abortion isn't personal —it's constitutional.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Tuesday 10:45 AM
The bombing in Amman defies the Bush administration's claims that the war on terror is being won.
Tuesday 10:41 AM
Unchecked imperial power, torture, fundamentalism and disinformation are not American values.
Tuesday 10:13 AM
Why "I was wrong but you were, too" doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Tuesday 9:19 AM
Wal-Mart is the target of all the bad press and labor activism, but it's hardly alone.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Monday 11:01 AM
The notorious Times reporter is only a symptom of the disease affecting political journalism.
Monday 10:24 AM
Bush's trip to Argentina capped off five years of Latin America policy that has promoted militarization and demoted development.
Monday 9:58 AM
Wal-Mart's triumph is the defeat of middle-class America.
Monday 9:30 AM
More on Libby's lies, women in powerful positions and understanding the Paris riots: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Thursday 12:00 PM
The folks who brought you the invasion of Iraq have a new target to pre-empt: progress toward peace.
Thursday 11:31 AM
As the Senate panel investigating the administration's use of intelligence begins work, its mandate must be to probe into the heart of the cabal.
Thursday 10:06 AM
Moderate Republicans are all that stand between vital safety-net programs and budget-cutting conservatives.
Thursday 9:57 AM
Don't misunderestimate the president. This week showed that George W. Bush learns from his mistakes.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Wednesday 9:46 AM
The company that promotes itself as a free enterprise success story depends heavily on U.S. taxpayers.
Wednesday 9:19 AM
How the inequities of globalization combined with France's racist past and present to produce the current violence.
Wednesday 8:46 AM
It's not 1994 that Democrats should be looking to as a model. It's 1974.
Wednesday 8:45 AM
With their own problems piling up, Republicans want to discredit the Dems who are pushing for investigating the use of Iraq intelligence.
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Tuesday 10:04 AM
One hundred million young people from the Middle East and North Africa are powerless and marginalized.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
On election day, our critic ponders the media coverage of Condi's boots, Harriet's brows and Hillary's dress size.
Tuesday 9:54 AM
The Dems must go beyond imitating the tactics of Gingrich and stand up for an affirmative role for government.
Tuesday 9:23 AM
From the beginning, the Republicans who took over Congress in 1994 sought to normalize corruption. They succeeded.
Monday, November 7, 2005
Monday 10:43 AM
The outgoing Fed chairman was remarkably concerned about America's growing inequality—for the wrong reasons.
Monday 10:42 AM
In four years, Bush's actions to expedite mountaintop removal coal mining will devastate an area the size of Delaware.
Monday 10:23 AM
The former British ambassador to the United States reveals how Blair failed America by supporting it unconditionally.
Monday 9:00 AM
With Democrats lining up to support Wal-Mart, why should voters believe they have any intention of challenging corporate power?
Friday, November 4, 2005
Friday 10:25 AM
A closer look at Scooter Libby's obstruction reveals a pattern of deception designed to conceal the White House's actions.
Friday 9:53 AM
Coming to your state soon: a campaign to deprive lesbian and gay couples of rights in the guise of "marriage protection."
Friday 9:31 AM
The CPB chair may be gone, but there's more housecleaning to be done to make public broadcasting safe from propaganda.
Friday 8:56 AM
Why Fitz should keep going, interpreting Paul Hackett and getting out of Iraq: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Thursday 9:39 AM
Cheney's chief of staff will be arraigned today for obstructing the Plame investigation. What was his motive? Fitzgerald left a clue.
Thursday 9:15 AM
This week, Congress will decide whether it supports or opposes torture.
Thursday 9:12 AM
The preliminary environmental assessment of Scalito is in. Bush's nominee doesn't care much about health or nature.
Thursday 8:45 AM
The objections to Bush's new nominee are not just a case of crying wolf. Putting Alito on the bench threatens basic reproductive rights.
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Wednesday 10:35 AM
To replace Scooter Libby, the vice president has chosen two men who were also central in the manipulation of intelligence.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
With Libby indicted, that's one down, 28 to go. Here's our official guide to the network that sold America an unjust war.
Wednesday 9:25 AM
Without excusing the actions that led to war, America needs a responsible way out of Iraq.
Wednesday 9:24 AM
How do you keep minorities from voting Democratic? Keep them from registering. A GOP-proposed law would do just that.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Tuesday 11:52 AM
Bush's support is flagging. Indictments abound. And tomorrow, protests are scheduled around the nation. Could this be the start of something big?
Tuesday 9:17 AM
A year ago, we elected a president. How do we change the fact that, for two-thirds of us, our votes meant nothing at all?
Tuesday 9:15 AM
The indictment makes it crystal clear that the White House misled the public about its role in sliming Wilson and outing Plame.
Tuesday 8:35 AM
When the going gets rough at home, American presidents leave the country.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Monday 10:27 AM
No longer an academic, the incoming Fed chairman will have to confront the speculative frenzy threatening Americans.
Monday 9:08 AM
Could the Ohio election that Iraq War veteran Paul Hackett nearly won be the wake-up call Dems need for '06?
Monday 9:06 AM
The man who got it right about Iraq's nonexistent WMDs calls for a wider investigation into the Bush administration's criminal conspiracy to defraud the nation.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Friday 5:26 PM
With the first indictments filed, what can we expect from the Fitzgerald investigation? A former federal prosecutor explains.
Friday 10:05 AM
After two years, Fitzgerald must have the evidence to roll up the entire Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal. And he should do so.
Friday 9:18 AM
Suburban reality, Fitzgerald's chance and the justice of giving: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:10 AM
Florida's Medicaid experiment undermines the principles of a moral society.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Thursday 11:30 AM
The White House retreat on Davis-Bacon is a victory for activists, for democracy and for the people of the Gulf states.
Thursday 9:54 AM
The new Medicare drug plan launches in a Darwinian marketplace—and the fittest are the insurance companies.
Thursday 9:33 AM
Facing an all-but-sure indictment? There's always the spin tactic of moving the target.
Thursday 9:31 AM
Recent investigations show that the old Rome supplied the new Rome with the forged documents needed to sack Babylon.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Wednesday 10:49 AM
American casualties just hit 2,000. Iraq's constitution was passed in rigged elections. Could civil war be next?
Wednesday 10:48 AM
Defense and foreign policy think tanks are controlled by interests unwilling to debate national security. That's dangerous.
Wednesday 9:15 AM
Should we choose sides in this shootout between the neocons/legal cons and the social cons?
Wednesday 8:59 AM
Parks ignited a bus boycott that transformed the civil rights movement.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Tuesday 12:04 PM
The challenge of philanthropy today is to place resources in the hands of those 'on the growing edge' of social justice.
Tuesday 10:52 AM
Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld made the decisions. And our inexperienced president just went along for the ride.
Tuesday 9:42 AM
The Delphi bankruptcy and GM deal are symptoms of a national malaise that only universal health care can cure.
Tuesday 9:35 AM
Today, House GOPers worried about U.S. debt will push spending cuts to essential programs—and ignore Bush's tax cuts.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Monday 9:51 AM
If you thought failure in Iraq and multiple investigations at home would moderate the neoconservatives, think again.
Monday 9:40 AM
When Republicans say the nation can't afford to pay for both food stamps and the Katrina recovery, they're lying.
Monday 9:32 AM
How American companies prop up China's repressive and authoritarian government.
Monday 9:11 AM
Reckless government policies leave the Gulf and Atlantic coasts vulnerable to storms—and taxpayers pick up the tab.
Friday, October 21, 2005
Friday 9:57 AM
The author of Bush's Brain says the prosecutor in the Plame case has the power to restore Americans' faith in the rule of law.
Friday 8:09 AM
Republican indictments, taking Bush to The Hague and housing prices in America: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Thursday 10:04 AM
Growing coalitions and fresh strategies are breathing new life into the campaign to win affordable health care for all.
Thursday 10:01 AM
Last week's Times Sunday magazine cover story conveniently ignores the realities that make America's suburbs unsustainable.
Thursday 10:01 AM
Three new reports reveal the full cost of this war and the billions that have just disappeared from the DoD Budget.
Thursday 9:30 AM
Yesterday, Colin Powell's former chief of staff chose to serve his nation once again and confirmed our worst suspicions.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Wednesday 10:54 AM
As the indictments near, America must understand that the betrayal of Plame was part of a concerted effort to manipulate America into war.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
This week, Congress considers opening the broadcast spectrum for the public good—with Big Media fighting all the way.
Wednesday 8:21 AM
A new coalition wants to turn the GOP budget cuts into a debate over the nation's priorities. Can it succeed?
Wednesday 8:02 AM
While talking about the conflict in Sudan last week, John Bolton actually said something reasonable.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Tuesday 9:22 AM
Could the Bush administration really be about to propose ending a subsidy for the wealthy?
Tuesday 9:21 AM
Why is the business community gushing over Bush's picks for the Supreme Court?
Tuesday 9:09 AM
Conservatives in Washington are trying to offset the costs of Katrina on the backs of America's most vulnerable.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Monday 10:46 AM
We now have more evidence of how The Times helped the White House portray deceptions about Iraq WMDs as facts.
Monday 9:54 AM
Today, tough new bankruptcy laws go into effect—coming down hardest on Americans who use plastic as their only safety net.
Monday 9:53 AM
America's corporate culture and Bush cronyism increase the nation's risk during a flu pandemic.
Monday 9:23 AM
Progressives will not prevail if they keep subverting their ideology to people like Hillary, Hackett and Lakoff.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Friday 10:15 AM
The civil servants and administrators who resigned in protest are also casualties of the Bush administration.
Friday 10:06 AM
Many Republicans came to Congress pledging to fight corruption. How quickly they forget.
Friday 10:00 AM
The U.S. image is at an all-time low. It's hard to fathom why Bush continues to undermine the International Criminal Court.
Friday 9:31 AM
A UFPJ member criticizes David Corn on marches, and more: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Thursday 9:58 AM
With no luck on Social Security, Bush is pushing tax reform—paying off his friends by raising taxes on the middle class.
Thursday 9:44 AM
What's wrong for John Roberts can't be right for Harriet Miers.
Thursday 9:31 AM
Unlike Watergate, the Plame investigation is leading to White House indictments despite the mainstream press.
Thursday 9:20 AM
They're baaack. Former Clinton strategists have a new report advising the party to move to the center.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Wednesday 10:24 AM
Two new reports reveal Porter Goss' ongoing 9/11 cover-up and an admission that Iraq intelligence may have been politicized.
Wednesday 9:51 AM
Mohammed el Baradei won the Nobel Peace Prize as much for his future work on Iran as for his past work on Iraq.
Wednesday 9:38 AM
The Harriet Miers nomination put conservatives on notice that the president values loyalty over ideology.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
A decently paid working-class job has become a defining oxymoron of our time.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Tuesday 11:37 AM
Bush keeps making the same speech about the "global war on terror," with less credibility each time.
Tuesday 10:37 AM
With the GOP in turmoil, it's time Democrats make themselves a compelling force for change.
Tuesday 9:35 AM
The White House has squandered your tax dollars on illegal propaganda. So why isn't the Justice Department investigating?
Tuesday 9:25 AM
The latest twist in the Plame affair raises more questions than it answers.
Friday, October 7, 2005
Friday 9:45 AM
We must speak to the millions of evangelicals who share a deep concern about the sustainability of creation.
Friday 8:50 AM
America's abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was just the tip of the iceberg, and the accountability process must not stop with Pvt. Lynndie England.
Friday 8:37 AM
Gross domestic product is up 3.4 percent, but only one percent earned more. It's time to differentiate bigger from better.
Friday 8:24 AM
Protest marches, money in politics, and gender in the workplace: Readers react in this week's installment of letters.
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Thursday 10:49 AM
The destruction of public discourse in America, the marketplace of ideas, threatens the very foundations of our republic.
Thursday 9:59 AM
As the Plame investigation concludes, one thing is clear: the White House chose to protect itself over protecting the nation.
Thursday 9:52 AM
The Constitution has been strictly interpreted in all sorts of ways. To understand Miers we need to see her memos to the president.
Thursday 9:30 AM
If Karen Hughes cannot even convince the American media of her spin, why should the rest of the world buy it?
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Wednesday 9:30 AM
The Saudis just took Ambassador Khalilzad to the woodshed for letting the Shiites take Iraq toward civil war. Is it too little, too late?
Wednesday 9:22 AM
The NYT got it wrong: It's not women choosing to stay home with their kids that's news. It's women's overall lack of choices.
Wednesday 9:20 AM
Amidst today's politics of insecurity, political advantage and practical solutions are converging on the word 'hope.'
Wednesday 8:51 AM
Whether political Islam develops in a more peaceful or violent way is in the hands of the West.
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Tuesday 9:48 AM
It may just be that Katrina and Rita have jolted America out of its climate change denial.
Tuesday 9:46 AM
The Miers nomination has frustrated conservatives who see O'Connor's seat as their last chance for judicial revolution.
Tuesday 9:08 AM
Is Fitzgerald about to nail Rove and Libby with conspiracy? If we're to believe the reports, this could be the autumn of indictment.
Tuesday 9:08 AM
Whether Harriet Miers can pass muster is yet to be learned, but the president has done the right thing in putting gender first.
Monday, October 3, 2005
Monday 10:39 AM
While the U.S. continues to claim that terrorists hate our way of life, Europe understands terror is about our policies.
Monday 10:38 AM
A new national commission on higher education is poised to flunk out.
Monday 10:20 AM
America's deficits are so large that the chance of a "disorderly adjustment"—an economic collapse—cannot be ignored.
Monday 9:36 AM
As we watch the GOP scramble to recover, let's not forget that the DeLay indictment shows how corrosive corporate money is to American democracy.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Friday 9:31 AM
With the worst of the photos on the way, we cannot let enlisted soldiers take the fall for a criminal chain of command.
Friday 8:39 AM
With politicians finally talking about poor people, we need to update our 40-year-old assumptions about who is poor.
Friday 8:01 AM
The indictment of Tom DeLay offers reformers a chance to dismember the most powerful machine in American politics.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Thursday 3:45 PM
Wedlock, women and men; swamp-draining at home and abroad; making voting fair: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday 9:47 AM
Tom DeLay joins the swelling ranks of GOP leaders who are finally getting caught for doing business as usual.
Thursday 9:40 AM
Three decades after Vietnam, perhaps it's time to rethink the utility of mass demonstrations.
Thursday 9:36 AM
After years of making the world safe for goods and capital, America has set itself up for a massive labor depression.
Thursday 9:12 AM
Despite the White House hype, Iran gave up exporting Islamic revolution a long time ago.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Wednesday 9:26 AM
The debate on the quantity of the world's remaining oil is littered with assumptions and outright fabrications.
Wednesday 9:15 AM
The right has created its own shadow scientific community that's politicizing science to the point of crisis.
Wednesday 9:05 AM
The Endangered Species Act, under threat in Congress, protects the economy by protecting our ecosystems.
Wednesday 8:48 AM
If President Bush truly wants to promote faith-based initiatives, his best move is to stay out of religion.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Tuesday 9:54 AM
Many liberals are condemning last week's report on election reform—and missing the bigger picture.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
In the wake of Katrina, Dems are showing they know how to criticize but are far from a coherent national agenda.
Tuesday 9:24 AM
As modern-day Hoovervilles rise, Katrina evacuees and their advocates shift to calling for the right to go home.
Tuesday 9:05 AM
Despite U.S. lip service to a negotiated deal, Sunni opposition leaders are under attack—by American-trained militias.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Monday 9:15 AM
Even Nicholas Kristof and John Edwards are joining the rush to blame poverty on out-of-wedlock births.
Monday 9:13 AM
With the Bush doctrine discredited in the Middle East, Arab intellectuals are gathering and mapping a path to democracy.
Monday 9:08 AM
Democrats are asking big questions about how America can be a more just society. Finland has already figured it out.
Monday 8:21 AM
New Orleans could become the shining star of American urban design—or it could again become sharply, permanently stratified.
Friday, September 23, 2005
Friday 10:33 AM
Don't believe all the hype over the cost of Katrina and Rita. The real budget crisis is much bigger—too big for politicians to admit.
Friday 9:39 AM
With polls turning and Congress restless, timing is ripe for a return of organized resistance to the war in Iraq.
Friday 9:30 AM
Trickle-down economics didn't work in the 1980s and it certainly won't work for Katrina victims.
Friday 9:27 AM
It's political opportunism to try to sell the public on vouchers instead of rebuilding Gulf Coast schools.
Friday 8:49 AM
Reforming the U.N., anchors who cry and building a solar Big Easy: Readers react in this week's installment of letters.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Thursday 10:25 AM
It's not just price gouging. There's another reason our gas costs so much.
Thursday 10:23 AM
Have events this week in Southern Iraq revealed the flaw that will finally scuttle the tenuous political process?
Thursday 9:44 AM
The EPA cares more about its reputation than protecting Americans from toxic hazards on the Gulf Coast.
Thursday 9:21 AM
The Fed and the relief spending can mitigate Katrina's long-term economic damage—if the tax-cutters stay out of it.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Wednesday 9:13 AM
America's bloated military spending leaves little left over to reduce the rampant poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina.
Wednesday 9:12 AM
The White House hopes we haven't noticed it's running a political juggernaut instead of governing effectively.
Wednesday 9:11 AM
Oil was certainly not the only concern prompting Bush's misadventures in Iraq—but even on that score Bush has failed.
Wednesday 8:47 AM
The affability of Bush's Supreme Court nominee masks a callous indifference to some of our most fundamental rights.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Tuesday 9:43 AM
From the Katrina tragedy springs an unmatched opportunity to build efficient, affordable solar homes. Will we take it?
Tuesday 8:32 AM
The nation applauded TV reporters for their emotional coverage of Hurricane Katrina—but is this good for journalism?
Tuesday 8:30 AM
The U.N. Summit almost had something to celebrate, but John Bolton gutted months of effort and momentum.
Tuesday 8:27 AM
Last week's 60th Anniversary Summit produced one landmark victory for human rights: the right to protect.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Monday 10:29 AM
Celebrate the elections, but pity the Afghan parliament that must now deal with poverty, warlords and the Taliban.
Monday 9:48 AM
Poor public policy and industry irresponsibility led to the chemical soup inundating New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Monday 9:34 AM
Katrina revealed the harsh limits of markets and the essential role the government must play as our climate changes.
Monday 9:18 AM
People like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are much closer to being "anti-American" than liberals who rail against Bush.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Friday 11:15 AM
How we rebuild the Gulf Coast will speak volumes about what kind of society we want to be.
Friday 9:51 AM
Yesterday's ad hoc hearing on Iraq exposed yet another flaw in Bush's Iraq policy—and illuminated a way forward.
Friday 9:40 AM
Only when politicians discuss repealing Bush's tax cuts will America finally have the priorities debate we so desperately need.
Friday 9:31 AM
Rebuilding New Orleans, the corporate cleanup and faith's role in times of terror: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Thursday 12:35 PM
The U.S. should recognize the international human rights of those Americans displaced by Katrina.
Thursday 10:29 AM
Why those who argue that the superiority of Wal-Mart's Katrina response proves the private sector is more effective than government are wrong.
Thursday 9:44 AM
Some bold legislators from both parties are holding hearings today on exit strategies for Iraq. Will the centrists and their think tanks catch up?
Thursday 9:22 AM
Renewable energy can do more than protect the environment. It can also alleviate poverty.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Wednesday 10:33 AM
Civil liberties in this time of war will be a central question facing a Roberts Court. So far, Roberts has been far too deferential.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
Who knows whether George Bush cares about black people—but there's no question his policies punish people of color.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
Katrina demonstrates just how much our dependence on oil makes us vulnerable. It's time to act.
Wednesday 8:26 AM
Suspending laws that guarantee fair wages for the workers rebuilding New Orleans adds insult to injury.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Tuesday 10:38 AM
As the hurricane waters recede, we face another feeding frenzy for the same crony contractors who botched the job in Iraq.
Tuesday 10:08 AM
It was claimed that the Internet and satellite TV would topple dictators, but commercial interests are making sure they don't.
Tuesday 9:30 AM
Days before Bush picked Roberts as his nominee, the judge decided a major civil liberties case...in the president's favor.
Tuesday 9:25 AM
If we want to prevent another colossal failure of government, allowing Republicans to investigate their leader's missteps in responding to Katrina is the wrong way to do it.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Monday 10:34 AM
Aggressive lobbying by the junk food industry is a danger to our children's health.
Monday 10:30 AM
Bush's nominee is a true ideological conservative. So why are Dems shying away from a big fight?
Monday 10:27 AM
The calamity of Katrina has exposed Bush's empty rhetoric and strategic dysfunction, harming our foreign policy.
Monday 9:44 AM
The U.N. already is the world's single largest freedom-promoting organization. This week, it will get stronger.
Friday, September 9, 2005
Friday 12:53 PM
Now is the time to transform our government into an effective instrument for rebuilding America.
Friday 11:35 AM
As the 9/11 anniversary nears, the president has been caught, again, fixing the history to the policy.
Friday 11:11 AM
The president of TransAfrica looks at why the poor had no "lifeboats" to escape Hurricane Katrina.
Friday 10:25 AM
The religious right's viral intolerance has become an unprecedented sectarian crusade for state power.
Friday 8:46 AM
The government's follies in New Orleans; looking at the big environmental picture: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 8:03 AM
If the Bush administration isn't held accountable for its response to Hurricane Katrina, it will keep repeating its mistakes.
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Thursday 10:05 AM
The Bush energy policy, signed only two months ago, has collapsed. It's now time to start over.
Thursday 9:19 AM
Obsessed with the war on terror and privatization, the Bush administration sapped FEMA's ability to prevent crisis.
Thursday 9:10 AM
The Senate will soon hold a vote challenging the Bush administration's lies about mercury pollution.
Thursday 8:36 AM
Without the ports of New Orleans, the American midwest is heading for an economic disaster.
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Wednesday 3:30 PM
For Democrats evaluating the Roberts nomination, there is a middle ground between all-out battle and collective surrender. It is called principled opposition.
Wednesday 10:10 AM
New Orleans doesn't look like the America we've lived in. But it resembles the planet we will inhabit the rest of our lives.
Wednesday 10:07 AM
The Republicans profess belief in trickle-down, but what they've given us is the Flood.
Wednesday 9:43 AM
Iraq's draft constitution reflects domestic American political timetables as much as any Iraqi national consensus.
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Tuesday 9:29 AM
Katrina was the media's late wake-up call on the Bush administration's priorities.
Tuesday 9:11 AM
The Bush administration turned its back on the most basic of American moral values: banding together to care for each other in ways no one of us can do alone.
Tuesday 8:53 AM
Labor's strong support for corporate accountability on jobs and taxes benefits all taxpayers, union members or not.
Tuesday 8:51 AM
The call for an end to the war is gaining steam—with middle America and even some Republicans chiming in.
Tuesday 8:10 AM
An angry response to the Bush administration's claim that New Orleans "couldn't be reached" in time to rescue its residents.
Friday, September 2, 2005
Friday 10:17 AM
Katrina is the work of nature, but what happens from this point forward is the responsibility of political leadership.
Friday 9:59 AM
Slate's must-read article about the hurricane: Why no mention of race or class in TV's Katrina coverage?
Friday 9:56 AM
Supporting the anti-war crowd; abortion and relativism; and Bush's price for the war: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:35 AM
Hurricane Katrina has highlighted the U.S. oil supply's vulnerabilities. It also opens the door for smart alternatives.
Friday 9:35 AM
The deplorable looting in New Orleans puts an ugly public face on a crisis that Bush administration policies have made worse.
Thursday, September 1, 2005
Thursday 9:42 AM
Washington diverted federal funding for Louisiana flood control projects to pay for the war in Iraq.
Thursday 9:16 AM
In our post-Enron era, the Senate should raise questions about corporate corruption at John Roberts' confirmation hearings.
Thursday 8:36 AM
Pat Robertson's bizarre attack on Hugo Chavez wasn't surprising to those who saw him cozy up to brutal dictators in Africa.
Thursday 8:34 AM
Seldom in our history were the economic prospects of the young more determined by their parents' status.
