Policy
Inside Top Secret America
Sep 4th
washingtonpost.com A major investigation reveals the extent of America’s vast and heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment. August 28, 2010 In July, the Washington Post published the Top Secret America project — a sweeping portrait of America’s heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment. Lead reporter Dana Priest calls it the “vast and hidden apparatus of the war on terror.” [...]
Boehner’s Cheap Opposition Strategy
Aug 25th
Ruth Marcus – There are times when I flirt with the notion that the country would be better off with divided government. If Republicans took control, say, of the House, there would be pressure on both parties to behave more responsibly. The GOP would be pushed to stop carping and posturing, and start governing. Democrats [...]
The Right Reason For Saving Social Security
Jul 27th
Brookings The Right Reason For Saving Social Security As a member of the Presidents Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which is charged with producing a bipartisan plan to rein in future budget deficits, I get to hear the favorite deficit reduction schemes of friends, acquaintances and strangers. A surprising number lead with Social Security. [...]
The Vat May Resolve Debt Crisis
Jun 15th
Washingtonpost.com David Ignatius - The Vat May Resolve Debt Crisis, But For Politicians It’s Too Soon To Be Right Charles Peters, the editor of the Washington Monthly, the lovable but financially challenged magazine where I got my start, had a slogan that he used in direct-mail solicitations: “If you’re not afraid of being right too [...]
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange “in Danger”’Assange Is in Some Danger’
Jun 12th
Daniel Ellsberg: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange “in Danger” – The Daily Beast Daniel Ellsberg (John McDonnell, The Washington Post / Getty Images As feds hunt for Wikileaks’ Julian Assange in hopes of preventing him from publishing diplomatic secrets, Samuel P. Jacobs talks with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about why he should stay out of America—and [...]
The Wrong Message on Deficits
Jun 11th
The New York Times EDITORIAL The Wrong Message on Deficits The whip-deficits-now fever is running hot on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, politicians are understandably spooked by investors dumping government bonds in the wake of the Greek meltdown. But the sudden fierce enthusiasm for fiscal austerity, especially among stronger economies, is likely to [...]
The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Mutilated Our Economy
May 31st
AlterNet.com Posted by derrickcrowe at 10:48 am May 30, 2010 $1,000,000,000,000.00 As of today, that’s how much we’ve spent just in direct costs so far on the stupid wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. One trillion dollars, gone. And we’re just getting warmed up…there are trillions more in future direct and indirect costs coming. These two [...]
Throw the Top BP Executives and Its Two SubContractors in Federal Prison Until the Gulf Well is Capped and Damages Paid
May 28th
OpEdNews May 27, 2010 Throw the Top BP Executives and Its Two SubContractors in Federal Prison Until the Gulf Well is Capped and Damages Paid By Mark Karlin Reprinted from BuzzFlash Since the Supreme Court in January declared that “Corporate Personhood” is the law of the land, let’s treat British Petroleum like a person and [...]
The curse of Bush
May 28th
washingtonpost.com By Kate Sheppard The Obama administration has faced harsh criticism for its oversight of offshore oil and gas development in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The most absurd commentary, of course, comes from Republicans who have consistently pushed back against any attempts to regulate industry for years. The administration has been fighting [...]
GOP Wants a Country by Corporations for Corporation
May 28th
Posted by Leo Gerard at 11:30 am May 27, 2010 Tea Party darling and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul spoke last week like the political novice he is – revealing unfiltered GOP “truths.” First he informed MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow that government should not be able to force businesses to serve black [...]
