Has Congress killed the Post Office?
Congress provides the Post Office with no subsidy while also imposing mandates on the Post Office that it does not impose on competing private firms
Could Lincoln be elected today?
Who stands behind the woman who stands behind the president
Conservatism and Obama is no Socialist
The irony is that socialist-inspired policies are popular with Americans, including many Republicans, even if the label is not
How Violence Protects the State
The most significant social movement in the US in the coming months will be the Occupy movement, as it returns in some numbers to the street.
Pakman on the “State of the Union”
Is President Obama is too in bed with the same corporate interests that many in the Democratic Party claim to oppose?” The answer: Yes.
“Defense Act is unconstitutional”
the breadth of the NDAA’s detention authority violates international law because it is not limited to people captured in the context of an actual armed conflict as required by the…
Americans Are Less Nationalistic than Flag-Waving Politicians Think
Championing a vast military buildup, he argued that, to secure this “American Century,
Ann Teinaes: Politics Animated
Ann Teinaes cartoons and animations in the Washington Post present a biting satire of the news.
The Ron Paul candidacy
the far right is often nearly indistinguishable from the far left.
News from the Vet, Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus
Do you have a dog? Then you need to know about GDV.