Tim Russert tied into Barak Obama like a miniature bulldog during the Texas Debate: Louis Farrakhan has praised you — do you reject and abjure that praise? Louis … [Keep reading >>]

My principle partner on peacekeeping reform in Cameroon sent this warning for distribution to UN policymakers: “Cameroon has seen four days of violent protest. The official death toll from violent … [Keep reading >>]

Is this effing unbelievable, or what?

“For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults are behind bars, according to a new [PEW] … [Keep reading >>]

“THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according … [Keep reading >>]

It’s been obvious to many for many years that the big political parties have very little engagement with ordinary folks, or those folks with the parties, except to be called … [Keep reading >>]

“California State University East Bay has fired a math teacher after six weeks on the job because she inserted the word “nonviolently” in her state-required Oath of Allegiance form.

Marianne Kearney-Brown, … [Keep reading >>]

“a Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Cole, was headed for patrol in the eastern Mediterranean and that the USS Nassau, an amphibious warship, would be joining it shortly. The … [Keep reading >>]

“F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that in the deepest part of the soul, it’s always three o’clock in the morning. I think they’re playing on that fear of a … [Keep reading >>]

In the WTF column for this week comes the news from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The Texas Democratic Party is warning that its March 4 caucuses could be delayed or disrupted … [Keep reading >>]

As the Bush administration continues to insist on its own wiretap policy, including immunity for commuications companies, Fox analyst Andrew Napolitano offers a scathing critique in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC reports on a Pew Foundation study demonstrating that over 1% of US residents are now behind bars: “The report called for fewer low-risk offenders to be sent to … [Keep reading >>]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been reviewing policy options for the next president and offers this advice on Iraq: “That means the agenda for the United States during the election season … [Keep reading >>]