[caption id="attachment_22759" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Dawn on the Tambopata"][/caption]The sun rises at 6 a.m. in the jungles along the Tambopata River in eastern Peru. Faint whispers of light are just … [Keep reading >>]
After several years of trying to bring about change from the inside, Jimmy Carter has announced that he’s severing his ties with the Southern Baptist church over its treatment of … [Keep reading >>]
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UPDATE! WATCH ERNESTINE ON BILL MOYERS, FRIDAY, 7/24, 9 PM! … [Keep reading >>]
Revealed: Secret Evidence of Global Warming Bush Tried to Hide–
Photos Show Dramatic Difference in Polar Ice Cap in Just One Year … [Keep reading >>]
It’s become a mantra. We must look forward, not backward. As if these were mutually exclusive alternatives. The problem is, our president seems to be fostering this dichotomized thinking. But … [Keep reading >>]
For the past six weeks or so, I’ve been trying to grasp what’s really at stake–beyond the various smokescreens and obfuscations–in the national healthcare debate, especially with all the back-and-forth … [Keep reading >>]
Lest it appear that over the past week this blog has morphed into a satellite of sanders.senate.gov, I should stipulate that there are other politicians I admire besides the senator … [Keep reading >>]
This is guerrilla theater of the highest order.
A popular Australian comedy show took the fight over the US’s torture program straight to John Yoo’s law class at the University … [Keep reading >>]
For two years, Dean Baker has been floating the idea of a right-to-rent option that would provide significant help for homeowners facing foreclosure and that might even be politically palatable, … [Keep reading >>]
From Tom Hayden:
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS FAVOR EXIT STRATEGY FROM AFGHANISTAN
The California Democratic Party, long in the vanguard of anti-war politics, is officially endorsing the Afghanistan exit strategy legislation by Rep. Jim … [Keep reading >>]
venal: 1 : capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : made matter of trade or barter : PURCHASABLE; especially : open to corrupt influence … [Keep reading >>]
Frank Rich does a very nice job in the Sunday NY Times, of linking the disgusting GOP display in the Sotomayor hearings with the Gingrich “revolution” of 1994. Enjoy.
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