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November 01, 2004

New Yorkers: Vote Row E for Working Families - As I continue campaigning down in the Philadelphia area to turn out the vote, I wanted to remind my fellow... MORE...

October 17, 2004

Why Wireless Phones Matter - A lot of folks have wondered what impact cell phones have on polls. Mystery Pollster argues that people with only... MORE...

March 01, 2004

Buddy Ro Profiled in NATION - My friend Ro has been giving Tom Lantos a challenge over his pro-war position and The Nation's John Nichols has... MORE...

January 19, 2004

Myth of Declining Voter Turnout - TAPPED has a post pooh-poohing the idea that Howard Dean, or any Democratic candidate, can succeed by expanding voter turnout.... MORE...

December 07, 2003

This is Not Bribery - Ever since Robert Novak reported that GOPer Nick Smith was told to vote yes on the Medicare vote or suffer... MORE...

December 04, 2003

Why I Like Daschle - A lot of folks piled on Daschle after the Medicare vote, calling to dump him in favor of someone supposedly... MORE...

November 04, 2003

Update on Political Compass - Well Deltoid has made a chart of where all bloggers who have posted their Political Compass results lay on the... MORE...

October 21, 2003

Why There is no GOP Majority - Fred Barnes argues for The (Finally) Emerging Republican Majority, citing the fact that the GOP has more office holders than... MORE...

September 12, 2003

Dean Right on Israel - It's odd, despite my antiwar stance, Dean really didn't pull me in to support on that issue. But given his... MORE...

September 09, 2003

Tapped Disses Labor - What the hell is wrong with Tapped these days? They are going rightwing on immigration, trashing "identity politics", and now... MORE...

August 30, 2003

Will Arnie Disown U.S. English? - (Thanks to Atrios for getting me going on this research). Want to know why the rightwing Wurlitzer is going after... MORE...

August 29, 2003

Politics of the Minimum Wage - So here you have the minimum wage-- supported by 80% of the population and able to put tens of billions... MORE...

August 25, 2003

Why is Tapped Rightwing on Immigration? - It saddens me tremendously that TAPPED today has made a post that rings of almost nativistic rightwing language, following up... MORE...

August 20, 2003

Dean's Pro-Labor Promises - I finally watched Dean's performance at the AFL-CIO Exec Council and I was duly impressed. His proposals for labor law... MORE...

Bustamante and the Anti-MEChA Canard - As the rightwing guns for Cruz Bustamante, it was inevitable that they would use a racist attack on his membership... MORE...

August 16, 2003

Blackouts: I Told You So - As my power was finally restored late last night, I could take small spiteful comfort in feeling like a prophet... MORE...

August 11, 2003

Hit Pieces on Bustamante Start - For those that jumped on my rather gentle analysis of the problems with Arianna running, how about taking on this... MORE...

July 29, 2003

Backlash on Gay Rights Decision - My position against liberal judicial activism on the Court, including opposing last month's sodomy decision, dismays some progressives who think... MORE...

July 20, 2003

39% of Britain: Tony Should Resign - Tony Blair is taking a monster hit over the suicide of David Kelly and the general unraveling of lies over... MORE...

July 11, 2003

More Tax Breaks for Rich - And the giveaways goes on. This is from the subscription-required BNA Daily Labor Report, so I'll post a good chuck... MORE...

July 07, 2003

Wartime Presidents Do Poorly Afterward - Going to war is not some magic bullet for reelection. I've had this argument with many friends, but this article... MORE...

May 02, 2003

Surging Jobless- and Fake Unemployment Numbers - Well, the official unemployment number is now up to six percent. Years back, such a number would not have been... MORE...

April 11, 2003

The Unbearable Cheapness of Bush - Ignoring ten years of sanctions and the devastation of years of oppression, the US government is already looking to back... MORE...

April 10, 2003

Where the Peace Movement Went Wrong - This is a long one, laying out some of my assessment of what went wrong with the peace movement. It's... MORE...

April 04, 2003

Water, Water Everywhere- for A Price - Well, we are already getting a taste of how the US plans the Occupation of Iraq. Not only do they... MORE...

April 02, 2003

So Much for Judicial Tradition - Republicans have made much of the "unprecedented" filibuster of Estrada (not so unprecedented as they argue of course). But now... MORE...

March 26, 2003

Jon Stewart is God- Part 100 - Speaking of the Haliburton contract in Iraq: On the bright side, I won my office pool. On the other hand,... MORE...

March 24, 2003

Conservative Crackup on Iraq? - The fissures have been there, but the "endless enemies" gunsights of the Bush conservatives are now turned on dissident rightwingers... MORE...

March 21, 2003

US Fighting Convening of General Assembly - The US is fighting the convening of the UN General Assembly called for by countries like Indonesia: "The United States... MORE...

Iraq: It's Not Just About the Oil - Antiwar protesters who insist Iraq is just about oil are being simplistic. Pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the... MORE...

March 20, 2003

Shock and Awe: Terrorism by Any Other Name... - Let's be clear about what "Shock and Awe" means. It means terrorism. In fact, the term comes from a Defense... MORE...

March 19, 2003

IMF Admits No Proof It's Worth a Damn - Having demanded for decades that poor countries tear down controls on capital and shred help for the poor in order... MORE...

March 18, 2003

"War is a crime against peace which cries for vengeance before God" - A quote from an Islamic fundamentalist? Well, no, actually-- a Christian one who speaks on behalf of billions: MILITARY intervention... MORE...

March 16, 2003

We Are Going To Die - Yes I hate Bush. Because of him, people I know will die. That is becoming clearer by the day, as... MORE...

March 12, 2003

Saddamism by Design - And interesting article from The UK Guardian on the original British folks who drew the borders of Iraq after WWI.... MORE...

March 09, 2003

Backfire of "Anti-Latino" Line on Estrada Filibuster - There is an idiocy to Republicans harping on the idea that Democratic filibustering of Estrada is racist and anti-latino. The... MORE...

Why Legislative Prayer Should End - Washington State is in a bit of an uproar because two legislators walked out on a muslim prayer opening the... MORE...

March 08, 2003

30 Years of UN Vetos - As we hear conservatives thundering against French or Russian threats of using their veto, it's worth remembering that the US... MORE...

March 06, 2003

Legacy of Affirmative Action- For Dubya - Bush's Yale Transcript Just remember all the black students he wants to knock out of Michigan Law School got better... MORE...

March 03, 2003

GOP Admits Massive Cuts in Social Programs - Okay, got a love this one. The GOP is arguing that the coming $300 billion plus deficits are no record,... MORE...

March 01, 2003

Racism, Poverty & the Candidates - What outrages me about the attacks on Kucinich is that he is leading the charge against Bush's racist assault on... MORE...

February 28, 2003

AFL-CIO Opposes War - A historic decision by the AFL-CIO to oppose the war: "The president has not fulfilled his responsibility to make a... MORE...

February 25, 2003

Hijacking of the Affirmative Action Movement - [This is my most recent Progressive Populist column, but I would emphasize what a threat I see this group is... MORE...

More "Coalition of the Bribed" - Again, any coalition for war looks to be a coalition based on bribery and threats against small countries. MSNBC even... MORE...

February 23, 2003

Who is a Jew- and Am I One? - Hmm-- well I managed to get labelled a self-hating Jew AND an "insensitive gentile" all based on my post about... MORE...

February 22, 2003

Godwin's Law & Iraq - If Godwin's law has any validity, then all the warhawks should just pull back to their corners and abandon their... MORE...

February 21, 2003

Amandla! Revolution in Four-Part Harmony - SEE THIS MOVIE! It is hard to describe the brilliance and depth of this movie, exploring the history of the... MORE...

Starving in Gaza - Matthew Yglesias objects to my post on the Bethlehem Wall as analogous to Nazi deprivations of Jews. Now, I was... MORE...

February 19, 2003

The Farce of Bush's Education Reform - Read this story about a stellar school deemed "failing" under Bush's teaching to the test method of evaluation. Check here... MORE...

February 18, 2003

Bethlehem and Palestinian Ghettos - The Israelis are building a wall in Bethlehem to separate the Arabs from the Jewish part of town, just one... MORE...

February 16, 2003

$26 billion Bribe for Turkey's Support - Along with selling out the Kurds, Bush is offering Turkey $6 billion in direct grants and $20 billion in loan... MORE...

A Progressive Alternative to the DNC - In the comments on my Greens post, skippy complained that just giving the DNC money, as Kos is promoting, is... MORE...

New York Says No to War - Near Rally site View down First Avenue It was a glorious day, bitter cold and wind burn included. The city... MORE...

February 14, 2003

Gotta Love Bloomberg - Everytime Bloomberg opens his mouth, I like his style. Also check out the transcript from CNN's Inside Politics where... MORE...

February 12, 2003

More Race-Baiting Over Estrada - Well here is the New York Post with a headlined editorial Dixiecrats Redux. You know, if Estrada is such a... MORE...

February 09, 2003

UK Intelligence Says No Iraq-Al -Qaida Link - Yep, Powell's assertion of such a link is contradicted by the intelligence service of our closest ally, says a report... MORE...

February 07, 2003

Did 911 Affect NYC's Economy? - Okay, the question seems ridiculous. Of course the attacks on the World Trade Center affected the city's economy. But the... MORE...

Bushs Sell Out the Kurds for Third Time - Well, we secured support from Turkey for an invasion of Iraq. The price? Selling out the Kurds whose oppression by... MORE...

February 02, 2003

Creating Tax-Free Heirs - How's this for tax cut genius? Let's hand a tax cut to the wealthy that doesn't cut revenues during my... MORE...

January 30, 2003

Estrada- American Dream or Privileged Hack - In promoting the Appeals Court nomination of Miguel Estrada, the rightwing's stealthy pick for the Supreme Court, the Republicans are... MORE...

January 29, 2003

Reaction to Bush's AIDS Proposal - I was trying to be as positive about Bush's AIDS proposal as possible, but the details are not encouraging. To... MORE...

Put Up or Shut Up - The most important line of Bush's speech last night was this one: And this Congress and the American people must... MORE...

The Bright Spot of the Night - Even as Bush proposed slashing spending for the poor in the US-- amid a few tiny "compassionate conservative" programs like... MORE...

January 28, 2003

What is Murder- Mother's Addictions? - In my post on Al Sharpton and elaborated in my What is Murder? post, a number of commenters objected to... MORE...

In Praise of the Old Confederacy - All of us progressive bloggers who have criticized Trent Lott and the South for remaining racism should take a... MORE...

January 27, 2003

Insurer of Pensions Out of Money - As companies go bankrupt, the guaranteer of pensions for their workers, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, is now running a... MORE...

January 24, 2003

The National School Board - Complaints are rising about the "No Child Left Behind Bill" which mandates a string of requirements on local education curriculum.... MORE...

January 23, 2003

Thank God for White House Arrogance - The Bush White House seems dedicated to alienating as much of the world as possible. Responding to the German-France agreement... MORE...

January 21, 2003

Lies About Feminism - Alas, a Blog has a great post about how conservatives, now in horror at patriarchal oppression by Islamic sharia, are... MORE...

What is "Murder"? - In my In Defense of Al Sharpton post, I discussed the Crown Heights conflict here in NYC and referred to... MORE...

January 20, 2003

On Antiwar Protests - I think Kos's post on why he hates antiwar protests is worth reading. I wish my fellow activists, including folks... MORE...

Labor Monday- MLK Day Edition - Something different this week. I thought I'd spotlight some history of labor leaders and civil rights, especially some early black... MORE...

January 16, 2003

M$oft Dividend- $38 million Gates tax cut - Microsoft announced its first ever dividend of 16 cents per share and a 2-for-1 stock split. For Bill Gates, who... MORE...

Bush Misses Point on Medical Malpractice - Bush is ramping up the campaign to hit consumer rights around medical malpactice. I'd just revive what I said last... MORE...

January 15, 2003

Supremes Give Disney a Win - In the hotly awaited (at least among techno-legal types) Eldred decision, the Supreme Court decided 7-2 that Congress was constitutionally... MORE...

End of Tax Cut Politics - On yesterday's CNN Inside Politics, Bill Schneider outlined why Bush's plan is going over like a lead baloon (here's the... MORE...

January 14, 2003

Annan: More in Danger from AIDS than Iraq - Secretary General Kofi Annan is dead on here: More people will die this year of AIDS than even in a... MORE...

WWP/ANSWER Expose - [I received this in email and decided to pass it on, since it pulls together a lot of critiques of... MORE...

January 13, 2003

Is Hostility to Civil Rights Racist? - Just One Minute disses Ralph Neas of People for the American Way for stating that the organization does not accuse... MORE...

Why MADD is not Crazy - TalkLeft and ElectorLite both recently harangued Mothers Against Drunk Driving for being out of control. While I haven't explored every... MORE...

Labor Monday (1-13) - Over 100 unionists from across the country met to form U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) to promote antiwar... MORE...

January 12, 2003

Meaning of Tolkien: Mercy not War - Some conservatives have evoked The Two Towers and Tolkien in support of preemptive war against evil. Now, aside from Tolkien's... MORE...

January 10, 2003

Pickering and Anti-Klan Testimony - It's become a mantra of the defenders of Charles Pickering that he "courageously" testified against a Klan leader back in... MORE...

Airport Screeners Forbidden to Unionize - It's official. Bush's head of the Transportation Security Administration has declared that labor rights are incompatible with the war on... MORE...

January 09, 2003

Bush's $1.5 trillion Tax Cut - As Max notes, Bush's claim that his tax cut will cost only $670 billion is not exactly accurate. Add in... MORE...

Double Taxation- Take Two - Well- it turns out that Bush's plan does address the issue of corporate non-taxpayers, not by doing anything to eliminate... MORE...

January 08, 2003

Genoa Police Admit Framing Global Justice Protesters - *** Read this BBC News article. Genoa was the summer 2001 center of global justice protest where one protester was... MORE...

January 07, 2003

Airlines' New Anti-union Legislative Assault - The airline industry is looking for new laws to curtail the right of airline unions to strike, which falls under... MORE...

Why Does Bush Hate Single Workers? - In outlining his tax plan (see this fact sheet from the White House), Bush emphasizes the benefits for working families... MORE...

Bush's Trick Rhetoric-- Dividends vs. Capital Gains - In announcing his plan to leave dividends untaxed, there was an additional argument by Bush for his plan: The president... MORE...

January 01, 2003

Bush's Failed Texas "Tort Reform" to Go National - Bush had two signature policy iniatives as Governor of Texas. The first was his education reform, which numerous studies have... MORE...

December 28, 2002

Bravo: Court Gives Punitive Damage to Charity - The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the payment of punitive damages to a cancer charity, instead of the plaintiff in... MORE...

Bush's Education Strategy a Failure - The keystone of Bush's "compassionate conservativism" was his education policy, a promise to combine more funding with higher achievement through... MORE...

December 27, 2002

Will Conservatives Cite Pope Now? - The Pope has declared that any "Preventive War" against Iraq would not be moral or a "just war" under church... MORE...

December 26, 2002

Bush Promoting "Privatization" Corruption - George Will has it right in this oped: it may seem eccentric to call attention to a skirmish between two... MORE...

Why Black People Die Early - In a few recent posts (here and here), I've noted problems with the conservative argument that blacks lose out under... MORE...

Pharma Bribes & Corruption of Medicine - In October, Bush's Health and Human Services department actually proposed cracking down on bribes regularly offered by pharaceutical companies to... MORE...

December 23, 2002

More on Race, Social Security & Health - Following up on my post over conservative propaganda that minority groups lose out under Social Security: The National Council for... MORE...

Maybe McCain is Lurching Left - I've been skeptical (see here) of the whole McCain-turning-Democrat scenario and that's still unlikely, but this interview with the NY... MORE...

December 22, 2002

Follow Frist's Money & Voting - Newsweek has an interview with Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity who notes the suspiciousness of the timing... MORE...

December 20, 2002

Does Social Security Screw Blacks? - One propaganda line of the social security privatizers is that, since african americans don't live as long as whites, they... MORE...

December 19, 2002

DeLong on Coded Appeals to Bigotry - Brad DeLong has an on target take down of a piece by conservative Abigail Thernstrom who attacked the NAACP over... MORE...

Save Social Security- Integrate w/ Mexico - The rightwingers at FreeRepublic.com are having a shit fit over this story of talks to extend Social Security to Mexicans... MORE...

Stimulate the Economy- Bail out States - This coming year could witness a ludicrous budgetary dance. In the name of stimulating the economy, the federal government will... MORE...

Bright Side of State Budget Crises - Every cloud has a silver lining. Well, the cloud of massive state budget deficits has states lining up to end... MORE...

December 18, 2002

"Discipline" versus Racism - In comments, Michelle Dulak raises the hard question of inter-ethnic competition among students: And the diciest aspect of the whole... MORE...

Lott to Frist? - Racism to Medical Fraud - A question to ask is how the GOP ended up with a stupid racist like Trent Lott as Majority Leader?... MORE...

December 17, 2002

Asian Americans and Affirmative Action - Michelle Dulak made important points in the comments (#2) of my affirmative action post, emphasizing the complication of discrimination against... MORE...

December 16, 2002

Is Opposition to Affirmative Action Racist - Tapped feels I stepped over the line when I argued that: [In] a society that even questions whether to leave... MORE...

Labor Monday (12-16) - Labor Antiwar Statement Roundup: When the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest public employees union... MORE...

December 15, 2002

Starving MTA of Public Funds - For all the ire of NYC subway riders being aimed at the transit union for possibly driving greater fare hikes... MORE...

December 13, 2002

Jane Galt v. the Transit Union - Check Jane Galt's comments (#6 in the list) where she responds to my post on the possible strike by the... MORE...

Jane Galt v. the Transit Union - Check Jane Galt's comments (#6 in the list) where she responds to my post on the possible strike by the... MORE...

December 12, 2002

Union Bashing & NY Transit Strike - Jane Galt is joining in what will no doubt be an outpouring at the horrors of unionism if the transit... MORE...

My Scariest Referral Link - I've been very excited about all the links to this site due to postings on Trent Lott, but getting on... MORE...

Trent Lott Reflects Lots of Employers - Racism is alive and well not just in the Majority Leader's office, but in employers' hiring offices up North. This... MORE...

When Free Trade is Imperialism - In talk about the Gulf War, words like imperialism get thrown around a bit much for my taste, since it's... MORE...

Punitive Damages and National Regulation - In a blockbuster case, the Supreme Court is deciding whether to rewrite the civil court systems of all fifty states--... MORE...

December 10, 2002

Wow- Gore Even Better in New CNN Clip - Yesterday's CNN interview with Gore edited out part of the interview that was far harsher to Trent Lott than the... MORE...

Thurmond v. Wellstone Memorial - Tamara Baker at the American Politics Journal has this incisive comparison: A little over a month ago, at Paul Wellstone's... MORE...

December 09, 2002

Snow's CSX Tax Freeloader - Citizens for Tax Justice has a press release noting that CSX: In three of the past four years, Snow’s company,... MORE...

Snow's CSX Tax Freeloader - Citizens for Tax Justice has a press release noting that CSX: In three of the past four years, Snow’s company,... MORE...

December 08, 2002

Gore: Single-Payer Cheaper - Gore says he will be rolling out a full proposal for single-payer health care in coming weeks. But he's already... MORE...

December 06, 2002

United Airlines & Bush Anti-Worker Assault - Why is United Airlines careening towards bankrupcty? In the wake of 911, all manner of industry has been bailed out,... MORE...

More proof of Rightwing Racism - A few days ago I noted the historic racism of the conservative movement, symbolized by National Review's historic opposition to... MORE...

December 03, 2002

Why Supremes Should Keep Antigay Ruling - Back in 1986, in a case called Bowers v. Hardwick, the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a law that made... MORE...

Bush the Liar - Just a flashback to an article in 2000 when Bush was courting the Muslim community. As this story details, Bush... MORE...

December 02, 2002

Censorship of Government Web Sites - This White House verges on the edge of insanity in its censorship and partisanship impulses. Check out this story from... MORE...

A Reminder on the Racist Right - Even as the rightwing Republicans become the voice of the Dixiecrat-turned-GOP South, rightwing intellectuals try to distance their racist heritage... MORE...

November 30, 2002

One more assault on Federal workers - Bush has slashed a promised pay raise for federal workers. This article notes that legislation had been designed to bring... MORE...

November 27, 2002

DOJ Wants Autism Vaccine Info Secret - The DOJ is asking a court to seal all information about a vaccine with high levels of mercury that parents... MORE...

November 21, 2002

Why Single Payer is Better Health Care - Now that Gore has put single payer health care on the table, conservatives will be coming out of the woodwork... MORE...

November 19, 2002

TNR Defends Single Payer - And here's an almost immediate payout of Gore coming out for single payer health care. The New Republic weblog has... MORE...

Who Needs to Keep Track of Nukes? - Having fired arab linguists because they are gay, the next step by the Bush administration in assuring security is, of... MORE...

November 18, 2002

SS Privatization: GOP Deceptions - Go GOP social security privatizers! Read this commentary today by former GOP Congressman Vin Weber from the Wall Street Journal.... MORE...

November 17, 2002

Conventional Wisdom Admits Partisan Divide - The conventional wisdom is finally admitting what I've been harping on for a long time, namely that far from the... MORE...

November 16, 2002

House GOP to Unemployed- Drop Dead - Having passed a miniscule 5-week extension of unemployment benefits, the House GOP has said that if the Senate passed a... MORE...

November 15, 2002

Homophobia Endangers National Security - Kos has a post on the insanity of driving qualified professionals out of the military. Despite a critical shortage of... MORE...

November 14, 2002

Homeland Corporate Security Act - Well, that didn't take long. Having campaigned on eliminating job protections to make workers in the Homeland Security department responsible... MORE...

November 13, 2002

Scandal: Pelosi Tied to Tony Blair - Okay, this red-baiting of Pelosi gets sort of funny, if you ignore the evil intent. The chain of guilt by... MORE...

Daschle No Sellout on Homeland Security - I just can't agree with Seeing the Forest that Daschle has sold out unions and progressives by refusing to filibuster... MORE...

Fight the Right: The Commonweal Institute - Seeing The Forest has an extensive post on the goals of the Commonweal Institute, an organization aspiring to be the... MORE...

November 12, 2002

Democrats- Too Liberal, Not Progressive Enough - Conservatives are circulating a poll that the majority of Democrats think the party is too "liberal." Funny thing is that... MORE...

How About Killing the Payroll Tax? - Avedon Carol wants to know what Max, Brad and I think of the idea proposed by Matthew Yglesias to make... MORE...

Economist on Microsoft Trial - I haven't written anything since the court upheld the weak-ass Justice Department settlement with Microsoft, partly because I have written... MORE...

November 11, 2002

Labor Monday (11-11) - The AFL-CIO condemned both parties for failing to present clear plans to restore the economy. 72% of union members... MORE...

Saving Bilingual Education in Colorado - One victory last Tuesday was saving bilingual education from an initiative, Amendment 31, on the ballot in Colorado. This article... MORE...

McCain at Telecom Helm - One small good thing that will likely come of the GOP takeover of the Senate is that with McCain taking... MORE...

November 05, 2002

Instapundit Ignorant on Broadband Politics - I have to say, whenever I see Instapundit make a pronouncement on something I know well, he is usually about... MORE...

November 02, 2002

Okay- maybe the Civil War isn't over - Freepers are discussing this article about how there was no "civil war" down South since "the typical Southern community was... MORE...

November 01, 2002

Where's the Special Prosecutor? - First, Bush's Secretary of the Army is emeshed in the Enron scandal. Then, his SEC chairman is doing the bidding... MORE...

October 31, 2002

More Corporate Criminals at Bush Admin - First, Harvey Pitt kills the nomination of a real audit watchdog to the new auditing oversight board, because the auditing... MORE...

October 29, 2002

When NOT to Hold a Rally - How about when you will look absolutely pathetic compared to the opposing side? I was down in DC at the... MORE...

Ecuador May Join Brazil, Venezuela - Amidst the news of Lula's win in Brazil, lost from most international news was the surprise front place victory of... MORE...

October 28, 2002

Why Divest from Israel - Israel is just that issue that just slams a knife between allies on most other issues. MaxSpeak has gone after... MORE...

October 23, 2002

Why Polls May Skew Conservative - MyDD makes a good case that with so many people refusing to answer polling phone calls, the question becomes how... MORE...

October 22, 2002

Labor and Politics - Leo Casey asks in response to my post on Labor's endorsement of Pataki, on an email list we share: Although... MORE...

Myth of Declining Voting Turnout - Every election we inevitably have discussions about Americans failure to turnout to vote. Given how much gerrymandering has made elections... MORE...

October 21, 2002

Krugman on Instapundit's Sweden Silliness - Krugman dissected Instaman's distorted stats that Swedes are far poorer than the US if you use GNP per capita as... MORE...

Terror: 336,000 Deaths in Indonesia - Last week, 150 people died in Bali due to a terrorist bombing. Each year, 336,000 children under 5 die, 60%... MORE...

Unions Endorse Pataki- So what? - Upfront, let me say I'd be voting for McCall on the Working Families party line if I voted in New... MORE...

Labor Monday 10-21 - On the Docks: Beating employers to the punch of filing their own charge, the dockworkers have filed a charge... MORE...

October 19, 2002

Scientific Knowledge Suppressed - Unclassified but "sensitive" research funded by the government has been systematically suppressed by the Bush administration in the name of... MORE...

Unbelievable! Bush Wants SEC Funding Cut - Once again, Bush is using "security needs" to justify protecting his corporate buddies. Now he wants a 27% cut in... MORE...

October 17, 2002

Community Thurs. 10-17 - Roundup of Community stories, Oct. 17, 2002 Hitting the grassroots, the ACLU has launched a $3.5 million television and grassroots... MORE...

Ding, Dong..Homeland Security is Dead - At least for now. The Department of Homeland Security was always a stupid idea -- from its creepy name to... MORE...

October 16, 2002

Enviro Wed, 10-16 - Roundup of environmental stories, Oct. 16, 2002 An independent auditing group set up by Congress has found that the Bureau... MORE...

Let's Talk About US Terrorism - Salon has a good reminder that state terrorism has been a normal weapon of US policy and of its allies,... MORE...

October 15, 2002

A Worthy Project - You have to have been overwhelmed by the beauty of Yosemite to understand the dismay of environmentalists that an equally... MORE...

Bush Fav Union Leader Could be Indicted - A group of top union leaders caught up in insider trading scandal? You'd think the Bush administration and the GOP... MORE...

October 14, 2002

Labor Monday 10-14 - Roundup of Stories, October 14, 2002 Special On the Docks Section The dockworkers are back on the job, but the... MORE...

October 13, 2002

Confirming by Ideology- Schumer Gets it Right - Read this piece by Sen. Schumer who lays out why explicit ideological tests for judges is healthy for democracy and... MORE...

October 11, 2002

Tapped Goes Nativist (sorta) - I have to admit to being both perplexed and dismayed by this response by Tapped (scroll down) to my recent... MORE...

Tapped Goes Nativist (sorta) - I have to admit to being both perplexed and dismayed by this response by Tapped (scroll down) to my recent... MORE...

October 10, 2002

Amnesty, Partisanship and Pandering - House Minority leader Dick Gephardt addressed a rally in D.C. in support of amnesty for millions of undocumented workers, taking... MORE...

Community Thursday (10-10) - Roundup of community activism, Oct. 10 Repression? Organize! The Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee has seen a doubling of membership in the... MORE...

October 09, 2002

About Time! Dem Leaders Want SEC Head's Head - Gephardt and Daschle finally called on Bush to fire Harvey Pitt, industry's stooge at the SEC. The final straw was... MORE...

Truth Squad on SS Privatizers - Go to Sign the Pledge for info exposing the politician-hypocrites running away from their records advocating social security privatization, including... MORE...

Enviro Wednesday (10-9) - Roundup of environmental stories, October 9 Send a "Dirty Dozen" e-card alerting friends to the worst polluters in Congress. Check... MORE...

October 08, 2002

More on Taft-Hartley - Sam Heldman asks that I clarify why the ILWU and labor opposes an injunction ending the lock-out, when it is... MORE...

Veterans for Wellstone - In Minnesota, the 1.9 million member Veterans of Foreign Wars has endorsed none other than that national peacenik, Paul Wellstone.... MORE...

Black Spot for Lautenberg - Damn, Robert Gregory just blew a big hole in my enthusiasm for Lautenberg. His weak ACLU ratings are not a... MORE...

More Tax Cuts to the Wealthy - Millions unemployed and small investors facing a retirement desert. What's the priority of the GOP? Upping the maximum contribution to... MORE...

October 07, 2002

Bank Rewards Gramm w/ Job - Where's the public outrage on the senior Republican on the banking committee being given a job with a bank upon... MORE...

Politics is a Contact Sport - Both Ted Barlow and Eschaton have both recently written about the viciousness of rightwing pundits, which is true but the... MORE...

October 05, 2002

Feinstein Stabs Labor in the Back - Sen. Feinstein has announced her support for using the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act against West Coast longshore workers-- a massive betrayal... MORE...

Senator Byrd Speech Against War - See it here and listen to portions here.... MORE...

October 04, 2002

Now- that's Solidarity - Denouncing any attempt by Bush to intervene in the West Coast port lockout/conflict between longshore workers and management, unions have... MORE...

October 01, 2002

Kettle-Pot-Black - Bruce Fein, the deputy attorney general for the hack political Attorney General for Ronald Reagan who led the politicization of... MORE...

September 27, 2002

Here comes Lula! - Factions of the government coalition in Brazil have switched sides to leftwing Lula's candidacy. See here. This is important for... MORE...

Poetic Irony- Estrada Screened Clerks on Ideology - As today's NRO notes, Estrada has been hit with a stealth bomb that will probably kill his nomination. It turns... MORE...

September 24, 2002

Why Borking Became Popular - Many people bemoan the rise of rough judicial treatment of Presidential nominations in the last couple of decades, but as... MORE...

September 23, 2002

Labor Monday (9-23) - Roundup of Labor stories, Sept. 23rd- For the German unions view on yesterday's election, see this interview with the head... MORE...

September 21, 2002

For Those Not Named Bush - This LA Times piece on a new study by the Sentencing Project highlights once again the brutal racist effects of... MORE...

Joss Whedon Worship - I'm pointing to this New York Times Magazine piece on Joss Whedon and his new show, Firefly, partly out of... MORE...

September 19, 2002

Clean Flix- Will Liberals Embrace this Techie Hack - Most online techie liberals embrace Napster and other tech hackers looking to give consumers more choice in how to use... MORE...

September 18, 2002

Why Oppose McConnell- It's the Economy Stupid - The next judicial nomination fight is over Michael McConnell, a law professor from the University of Utah. Well respected by... MORE...

September 17, 2002

More on Sweden's model - Vaara wrote:But Sweden is poorer than Mississippi!! At least that's what passes for received wisdom in certain corners of blog-land.... MORE...

September 16, 2002

Sweden Stays Left; Germany Tomorrow? - The Social Democrats in Sweden defied the swing to the Right across Europe and won a convincing victory in yesterday's... MORE...

September 15, 2002

Germany Defying US on Iraq - Gerhard Schoeder, up for reelection as Chancellor of Germany, was looking at polls showing him likely to be replaced. Then,... MORE...

September 13, 2002

Advancing Abortion Rights in States - California is mapping the way for advancing abortion rights at the state level through four recently passed laws. They range... MORE...

So do we Want International "Cooperation"? - Demands by progressives for United Nations agreement to any military action by the US against Iraq sounds like a good... MORE...

September 11, 2002

CA Shows How To Hit Corp Scofflaws - California has shown how to hit companies setting up offshore headquarters to evade taxes - or hit them for any... MORE...

September 10, 2002

Mandela Denounces US - Nelson Mandela has denounced the United States as a "threat to World Peace" based on its miscalculated support for authoritarian... MORE...

Bush and Crack - Okay, Jeb's daughter Noelle had another drug relapse and other than the hypocrisy of the nice rehab treatment she receives,... MORE...

Blacks and Jews Again - Okay, Off the Pine argues that since liberal Jews raise a lot of money for blacks, the fact that Jewish... MORE...

Being GOP Star Made Him a Cokehead - One of the bigger recent defections from the Right is Glenn Loury, one of the stars of the black conservative... MORE...

September 09, 2002

Is Death Penalty worth the attention - This posting on the death penalty by Politics and Policy blog captures some of my sentiments on the death penalty--... MORE...

Labor Monday (9-9) - Roundup of labor stories on August 9th Here is the AFL-CIO's Honor Roll of union victims of the 911 attacks.... MORE...

September 06, 2002

Rhetoric and Nominations - It's all part of the game, as conservatives vent with Casablanca-style outrage that they are shocked, shocked to find politics... MORE...

September 04, 2002

Paying for Transit - I posted an article below from Chris Caldwell about competition for scarce land due to gentrification driving class politics. This... MORE...

September 02, 2002

Labor Day Monday - A special roundup of Labor Day "deepthink" articles, ongoing news, and resources for folks wanting to find out more about... MORE...

August 26, 2002

Labor Monday (8-26) - Roundup of labor stories, August 26th Farmworkers and their supporters marched to Sacramento, arriving on Sunday, to demand that Governor... MORE...

August 25, 2002

Hitchens on Antiwar Right - I don't always agree with Hitchens, but on foreign policy I often trust his contrarian instincts. In this Observer article,... MORE...

Malpractice Crisis from Health Care Inequality - The Times today deals with the crisis for many hospitals from soaring malpractice insurance rates. This can be framed as... MORE...

August 24, 2002

Disinformation on Abu Nidal? - This article in the UK Telegraph strikes me as disinformation from our side trying to stir up support for war... MORE...

August 23, 2002

Ann Coulter Insane Tilt Alert - I've generally stayed away from the Ann Coulter bashing on the theory she just thrives on it, but her latest... MORE...

Left Overworries Media Monopoly - Carol Avedon has a link to Bernie Sanders holding hearings on the monopoly in media control by corporations. Now I... MORE...

August 20, 2002

Hispanics in Cali: Earn more than in TX - And the reason? Unions. As the Houston Chonicle points out, both California and Texas have large immigrant Hispanic communities, but... MORE...

Jews Picking Black Leaders - You gotta wonder if the Israeli lobby wants to fuel black antisemitism, as they spend millions on two major Democratic... MORE...

August 19, 2002

Labor Monday (8-19) - Roundup of labor stories, August 19th New York City Firefighters and Police Officers rallied to protest the pathetic pay they... MORE...

August 12, 2002

XXX and the Politics of Terrorism - XXX is a fun James Bond tribute with a Gen X attitude as billed, but, to my surprise, actually had... MORE...

Labor Monday (8-12) - West coast longshore workers are protesting Bush administration threats to intervene in contract negotiations to prevent a strike, thereby... MORE...

August 10, 2002

Open Source Weapon: CA Law? - Open source advocates are planning to introduce a new legislative proposal in California, the "Digital Software Security Act," that would... MORE...

August 08, 2002

Krugman Recants Neoliberalism? - In his column, Paul Krugman surveys the rising Left in Latin America and admits that he was part of the... MORE...

Community Thursday (8-8) - Roundup of community activism, August 8 The National Council of La Raza has issues a "snapshot" (pdf) of employment for... MORE...

Letting the Bad Times Roll - When recession hits, wouldn't it be smart to have policies that automatically put money into consumer hands to help the... MORE...

August 07, 2002

Enviro Wed. (8-7) - Roundup on the environment, Aug 7 The Sierra Club and other environmental groups have dismissed Bush's "Clean Skies" plan as... MORE...

August 06, 2002

Tech Tuesday (8-6) - HP uses copyright law to suppress research exposing flaws in its software's computer security. This is the chilling endproduct... MORE...

August 05, 2002

Labor Monday (8-5) - Roundup of labor stories August 5 The big labor story this week was the AFL-CIO taking protests to the heart... MORE...

August 04, 2002

Halliburton: Making Fraud Pay - Despite a recommendation against it by the Congressional auditing arm, Cheney's Haliburton was awarded an unprecedented exclusive 10-year contract to... MORE...

August 02, 2002

Edwards v. Kerry on Trade - For those tracking the 2004 contest, the roll call vote on "fast track" trade authority marked a rather major divide... MORE...

Myth of Independent Voter - For years, we've heard about the breakdown of party loyalty and the rise of non-aligned voters. Well, it turns out... MORE...

Bill to Axe Hoover Name at FBI - Six Congressmen, led by GOPer Dan Burton (of Clinton-obsession fame), have introduced legislation to strip Hoover's name from the FBI... MORE...

Rightwing Watch (8-2) - Weekly roundup, August 2 Found the source for yesterday's Washington Times' screed against "union corruption." Not surprisingly, its from the... MORE...

August 01, 2002

Right Tries "Labor Corruption" ploy - As conservatives flail around for something to divert public attention from the corrupt corporate looting of the country, it was... MORE...

Federalist Hypocrisy on Energy - Conservative hypocrisy on "states rights" should probably have its own category in the archives, but the ongoing battle by Bush's... MORE...

Dow 36000 Uber Alles - You've got to kind of admire raw apologia for hubris, as the propounders of the Dow 36000 explain in today's... MORE...

Community Thursday (8-1) - Roundup of stories, August 1 It may be the minimalist version of prison reform, but it's a start. The ACLU... MORE...

July 31, 2002

Bush Already Gutting Corp Reform Bill - Absolutely no shame-- within hours of signing the damn bill and trumpeting his tough new attitude on corporate crime, Bush... MORE...

Enviro Wednesday (7-31) - Roundup of environmental stories, July 31 As famine returns to Africa, it's worth focusing on new studies linking the 1970-85... MORE...

July 30, 2002

Krugman Nails Bush Lies - Usually Krugman's columns speak for themselves, but today's is too important to go without additional comment. First, the collapse of... MORE...

Tech Tuesday (9-30) - Round up for July 30 One of the subtler censorship issues is the way web blocking software often censors far... MORE...

Tax Reform but Keep Tax Credits - The Hauser Report quotes approvingly a far right tax source that eliminating tax loopholes would benefit everyone by saving funds... MORE...

July 29, 2002

More Delong and Global Visions - Brad DeLong has replied here to my objections to his libelling of the global justice movement. Here is his main... MORE...

Where's Right on Paid Leave? - With strong approval by a legislative committee, the California state legislature will soon vote on mandating 12 weeks of paid... MORE...

Bush NLRB Goes Antiunion - Well, we knew it was coming. After Bush bypassed the Senate to appoint two rightwing recess appointees to the National... MORE...

Why is Bush Lobbying for M$oft - Maybe it shouldn' be surprising after Ashcroft's sweetheart deal with Microsoft over antitrust issues, but now Bush's Ambassor to Peru... MORE...

July 26, 2002

Competition Killed Telecoms - The Economist details the crash of the telecoms (may need password) and sums up the problem with a few basic... MORE...

Clinton Made the Corps Rip Us Off - Okay-- this is a good one. Here's a conservative blaming Clinton's 1993 tax bill for the market meltdown. Why? Because... MORE...

RightwingWatch Friday (7-26) - Roundup of doings on the Right - July 26 An Arizona anti-immigrant group is trying to get a church group... MORE...

July 25, 2002

EU Replaces US Family Planning $$ - The UK's Guardian reports that the EU replaced the $34m US contribution to the UN Population Fund (UNPFA) that Bush... MORE...

Greens AWOL on Corporate Crime - Micah Sifry argues in this week's LA Weekly that the Greens are missing their political opportunity to denounce both parties... MORE...

Civil Liberties and the Left - Avedon Carol ridicules conservatives for claiming a franchise on civil liberities. Carol highlights the ACLU but I would note that... MORE...

Community Thursday (7-25) - Roundup on July 25 The NAACP hailed the conclusion of a thirty-year housing battle in New Jersey fighting against the... MORE...

July 24, 2002

Enviro Wednesday (7-24) - Roundup on July 24 Citigroup's involvement with Enron is just part of its role in global environmental destruction, as outlined... MORE...

July 23, 2002

Bush Seeks to Kill Fed Jobs - Dems and some DC-area Republicans are fighting Bush efforts to privatize federal jobs. As the business association comments in the... MORE...

Tech Tuesday (7-23) - Roundup for July 23rd Activists from New Yorkers for Fair Use disrupted a Commerce Department meeting discussing the mandating of... MORE...

GOP Judge Dismissed WorldCom Suit - This story hasn't gotten a lot of play in the media, but it turns out that WorldCom shareholders laid out... MORE...

July 22, 2002

NY Bailing Out Other States - So, the United States has generously reached out to New York in its time of need-- bailing it out with... MORE...

Is "Nazi" an Empty Insult? - Off the Pine posts that" "There is no greater sign of intellectual and moral bankruptcy in discussion of the Arab-Israeli... MORE...

Where is Harken Today? - Okay- I don't think Harken is the big thing progressives should be focusing on, but this Fortune story on What... MORE...

"unconscionable act of judicial activism" - Bush is nominating a rightwing judge, Priscilla Owen, to the Fifth Circuit. How rightwing? Well, Bush's White House counsel Alberto... MORE...

July 20, 2002

Millions vs. Billions - Yesterday, "The Bush administration outlined a $35 million plan today to help end chronic homelessness in the next decade". It... MORE...

July 19, 2002

Neoliberalisms Bubble Bursts - A good article on the rising Latin Americans protest against neoliberal economics. The bubble of the 90s was accompanied in... MORE...

July 18, 2002

Trojan Tax "Reform" - The corporate scumbags are at it again. Under the banner of eliminating the tax break for companies moving their headquarters... MORE...

Scott Ritter Denounces Iraq Campaign - Remember Scott Ritter, the hero of conservatives who denounced Clinton for his policy in Iraq. Well, now he is denouncing... MORE...

July 17, 2002

NAACP Opposes Fast Track - Joining the labor movement and most of the environmental movement, the NAACP at its recent national convention adopted a strong... MORE...

July 16, 2002

Re-regulation of Cable Urged - As cable and telecom firms merge and consolidate their monopolies, legislators are beginning to advocate reregulation of cable rates. It's... MORE...

Bush Wins Anti-Labor Court Decision - The D.C. Court of Appeals has backed a Bush executive order that bans state and local government projects receiving federal... MORE...

80% of Canadians Support Health System - Against the horror stories of the pharmaceutical industry and conservatives, a new survey shows 80% of Canadians are happy with... MORE...

Coca Farmers v/ Drug War - The failure of the war model of fighting drugs is nowhere clearer than in Peru and Bolivia where populist movements... MORE...

July 15, 2002

Long term unemployment - The Economic Policy Institute Job Facts outlines that below the surface of steadily rising unemployment is a horrifically long-term class... MORE...

FCC Chair Invites Bells to Buy WorldCom - Michael Powell, chair of the FCC, indicated in a Wall Street Journal article that the Commission would look favorably on... MORE...

July 14, 2002

Some Israeli Moral Sanity - With a dose of moral judgement and a bit of backbone by the Labor Party, the Israeli cabinet has shelved... MORE...

Media Bias Against Labor - One reason I have so much trouble taking the whole "media bias" against Clinton line seriously is that I read... MORE...

July 13, 2002

MaxSpeak Wants Higher Deficits - Now Max is on an issue where we really disagree (and have for years). Max Sawicky reacted to the reports... MORE...

July 12, 2002

Peru Dumps Pro-Privatization Ministers - Following the regional trend, top Peruvian Ministers were forced out to help save President Toledo's government from street protests.... MORE...

War Divisions on Right - In the fall, the war in Afghanistan bitterly divided progressives between those opposing and supporting it. But as talk moves... MORE...

Dems Declare War on Deregulation - Oh yes- the Democratic leadership have put together a scathing report detailing the GOP war on regulation that led up... MORE...

More on Bush and Media Bias - The whole issue of media bias is the meta-story of the Enron-WorldCom affair for many on the left. Will the... MORE...

July 11, 2002

Mandatory Jon Stewart Viewing - Another required Daily Show takedown of the Bush administration Thursday night. The show pulled out a 1998 Arthur Anderson video... MORE...

Media Bias for Bush? - I have nothing good to say about Bush, but I disagree with The Hauser Report's argument that Bush gets some... MORE...

July 10, 2002

Corps Sucking at Govt Teet - MaxSpeak notes that one of the best ways to punish and deter criminal corporate activity is to bar such companies... MORE...

Bush Using Airline Loans vs Unions - Okay, it was bad enough that Bush's bailout of the airlines last fall did nothing to help laid off workers.... MORE...

Pay Attention to Bolivia - Yesterday, Bolivia certified a leading opponent of US anti-drug policies and IMF economics in that country for the Presidenital runoff.... MORE...

Bringing Forth a Mouse - At least the liberal establishment has lost patience with Bush's big words backing no real reform. Just look at today's... MORE...

July 09, 2002

Bush- "Not Exactly Black and White" - Forget Bush's big speech-- it was, in Tapped words, sound and fury signifying nothing. ..But his press conference yesterday nailed... MORE...

Unions as Corporate Watchdogs - While Enron's collapse will be terrible for all its workers, there are at least 1700 Enron employees who at least... MORE...

Why Conservatives Fear Vouchers - This piece highlights why some conservatives fear education vouchers will lead to government control. The argument that vouchers will lead... MORE...

Joe Conason Launches Daily Column - Over at Salon, lefty attack dog (and I mean that in a good way) Joe Conason's first daily web column... MORE...

July 08, 2002

Bush Budget- SEC Staff Cuts - As Bush waxes indignant Tuesday about corporate criminals, it's worth looking at his proposed budget bottom-line, which included SEC staff... MORE...

Freepers Outraged at Old Accusations - Over at FreeRepublic.com, the rightwingers are being hilariously hypocritical over attacks on Bush over his Harken corporate dealings. On a... MORE...

July 05, 2002

Rising Anti-Americanism in Europe - Bush's incompetence is nowhere more highlighted than by the fact that he managed to take a moment of maximum global... MORE...

July 04, 2002

MCI-WorldCom: The Cooked Books of Telecom Deregulation - [This is an op-ed based on my upcoming book, so check out the main sources here, here and here (this... MORE...

July 03, 2002

Right Joins Big Laden in Attacking NYC - Some rightwingers are actually calling for launching an economic boycott of New York City. Joining their fellow Taliban, they think... MORE...

Return ICANN to the Commerce Dept. - As I casually call for returning ICANN as a government agency, Martin Wisse asks the obvious question, "which government? US?... MORE...

July 02, 2002

Bush Anti-worker H1-B proposal - Bush has proposed cutting funds for training American workers in the high-tech industry, which was tied to the H1-B temporary... MORE...

Ignoring the AIDS Holocaust - People look back in history and wonder why people did so little to prevent the Holocaust against the Jews? Or... MORE...

Internet Privatization Goes Bad - I should have sympathy for the anguish over the anti-democratic policies of ICAAN, the nonprofit controller of domain names, but... MORE...

More Corp Irresponsibility Legislation - Having seen how well weakening class action legislation worked in the area of securities law, the manufacturers want in on... MORE...

July 01, 2002

Did Clinton Cause Enron/WorldCom? - Well, you can see the rightwing talking points in motion, as telepundits and rightwing scribblers now mouth the mantra-- Clinton's... MORE...

And Now Bolivia - While a business candidate "won" yesterday's Bolivian election with 21.7% of the vote, the final vote will go to the... MORE...

June 30, 2002

Killing to Raise the Dow - How sick can you get? Larry Kudlow, former Reagan official, is now advocating that we start a war with Iraq... MORE...

June 28, 2002

Scalia- Grill Judicial Nominees - Over in the Senate, Chuck Schumer has been saying that he will only approve judges who publicly outline their judicial... MORE...

Hauser v. Vouchers - Jeff Hauser has a number of points against the voucher decision: "in Cleveland, legislators knew that practically all recipients of... MORE...

June 27, 2002

Liberals Against Free Speech - A rush on Court rulings on this last day of the session, but a really odd 5-4 split on whether... MORE...

Ending Tax-Funded Union Busting - New York State looks set to bar use of state funds by private companies to fight unionization. Like a similiar... MORE...

June 26, 2002

Knocking the Pledge - The GOP is already foaming at the mouth over the 9th Circuit's ruling that "under God" in the Pledge of... MORE...

GOP protect Rich in Cal - Extending their defense of the wealthy locally, the minority GOP in California is using the two-thirds requirements for budget passage... MORE...

June 25, 2002

Propaganda RX Bus Trip from Canada - Check out this story abut a bus trip bringing Canadians to Maine for treatment, a not coincidental mirror to bus... MORE...

June 24, 2002

More GOP Race Baiting - Here is more race-baiting on judicial nominees by a group called the African American Republican Leadership Council . They actually... MORE...

June 21, 2002

More Federalist Hypocrisy - One more example of the conservatives on the Court wanting to preempt state law where they can weaken protections for... MORE...

June 20, 2002

The Future of Lefty Radio - Salon has a good indepth piece on the past and future of Pacifica radio, the five station leftwing radio network... MORE...

Dems on "Homeland" Union-Busting - The Washington Times has a story, Democrats call terror bill 'ruse' to fire civil workers, that follows up on Bush's... MORE...

Auditors Selling Tax Fraud Advice - What's the difference between corporate America and the mafia? Mob leaders are held accountable for failing to pay taxes. The... MORE...

June 18, 2002

The Decline of Doonesbury - Reason magazine has a very interesting autopsy of the decline of the Doonesbury strip. As a big fan of Gerry... MORE...

Securities Reform- Let's Weaken State Regulation - The so-far largely toothless securities regulation reforms puttering through Congress may have one major effect-- they may gut the power... MORE...

June 15, 2002

Reading Wired - Well, this post is going to be my monthly meandering through the wilds of this month's Wired Magazine, always a... MORE...

June 14, 2002

Moving left- first Brazil, now Argentina - Even as Europe may be moving right politically, latin america is throwing off the shackles of neoliberalism. In Brazil, left... MORE...

Soccer World Cup as Globalist Plot - Folks have got to check out this thread at Free Republic where they are actually seriously debating, Football aka Futbol... MORE...

Homeland Security as Union Busting - In a USA TODAY article, unions have raised concerns that Bush will use the reorganization of agencies to bust federal... MORE...

Daschle Buries Another Tax Giveaway - Having killed the estate tax giveaway to the wealthy, Senate leader Daschle has announced he will bury a $500 billion... MORE...

Ruling the Root of the Net - Andrew Leonard in Salon has a review of Milton Mueller's Ruling the Root, a book that helps demolish the techno-libertarian... MORE...

Signs of the Recession Times - The recession means that we are reentering the real debate on persistent homelessness, one where in a post-Guiliani world in... MORE...

June 13, 2002

Bush to Gut Clean Air Regulations - See Bush To Relax Air Pollution Rules article. For more info, check out Natural Resources Defense Council for more on... MORE...

More on Death Penalty - Biz had some thoughtful comments: Largely guilty maybe Nathan, but I live in Illinois. 12 Executions 13 reversals. I too... MORE...

Prostituted Med Science - Yesterday, the New England Journal of Medicine had to relax its conflict of interest rules that said writers could... MORE...

June 12, 2002

Dems Block $750B Mega-Rich Giveaway - Dems are on a roll today. ...The Senate Dems filibustered repeal of the Estate Tax. Unfortunately, if the GOP retakes... MORE...

NJ Govt Supporting Unions - With the Democratic retaking of the state assembly and governor's seat in New Jersey, a whole set of pro-union policies... MORE...

Two Cheers for Honda - Back in the 70s, US auto companies steadfastly resisted safety innovations until belatedly forced to install them by the government.... MORE...

June 11, 2002

Who can End a Treaty? - It takes an extraordinary consensus to adopt a treaty, a two-thirds vote of the US Senate after negotiation by the... MORE...

June 09, 2002

FBI Smeared Gov Reagan Opponents - In a San Francisco Chronicle article, new Freedom of Information suits have revealed that Feds Worked to Quash College Protests.... MORE...

June 07, 2002

Where was the NSA? - I was wondering when the NSA would pop up in the "when did they know it" blame game. Forget the... MORE...

Union GOP Endorsements - With major unions in New York endorsing Pataki and Hoffa flirting with the GOP, there is a useful roundtable this... MORE...

June 05, 2002

Union v. Boardroom Salaries - Bush's Labor Department made a nice splash publicizing the sometimes bloated salaries of union leaders around the nation, and the... MORE...

June 04, 2002

Congress Funds Colombian War - There hasn't been much comment in the press, but the supplemental spending bill just passed in the House approves moving... MORE...

"I Get Very Queasy" - "I get very queasy when federal law enforcement is effectively saying go back to the bad old days, when the... MORE...

June 03, 2002

Mayor Mike: No Racial Profiling - NYC's mayor Mike Bloomberg has announced that the FBI should not racially profile terrorists. Whether profiling would gain intelligence, it... MORE...

May 31, 2002

Bush Downplays Digital Divide - Cooking the numbers, the Bush administration has declared that unequal access to the Internet by the poor and minorities is... MORE...

May 27, 2002

Bloomberg Mandates MD Abortion Training - Starting in July, abortion training will become part of the required curriculum, rather than a generally bypassed elective, for obstetrics... MORE...

May 24, 2002

Buchanan- Fear of a Brown Planet - Pat Buchanan is betraying his racist fears at WorldNetDaily in "The "no-whites-need-apply" caucus." Recently, the Black, Hispanic and Asian caucuses... MORE...

May 20, 2002

"Fast Track" to Unfair Trade - As this article from last week highlights, Senate ignores veto threat on trade bill, keeps critical amendment alive (note I... MORE...

Liberalism versus Democracy - In my new upcoming Populist column, Remembering the Popular Will for Civil Rights, I am trying to recover the memory... MORE...

May 18, 2002

Rise of Right in Europe - While this article Europe 'Is Rubbing Its Eyes' at the Ascent of the Right does not mean the Nazis are... MORE...

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