| Dec 26, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe Iowa caucuses may be over by the time you read this. But it doesn’t matter. The caucuses are the second-most fraudulent event on the nation’s political calendar. The first, of course, is the Ames Straw Poll. It’s entirely meaningless, but...
| Dec 19, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyIn November’s elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi’s state constitution. This extremist, anti-choice ballot initiative declared that a person’s life begins not at birth,...
| Dec 12, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyNo wonder the American people are confused — about the economy, the nation, the Middle East, the onrushing election, and everything else. People keep feeding them bad information. For example, how many times have you heard a commentator say that the mess in...
| | Rights / DemocracyMea culpa, I misspoke, my bad. I stand corrected. I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though he has indeed gotten very wealthy by taking big bucks from such special interest outfits as IBM, Astra Zeneca, Microsoft, and Siemens...
| Dec 10, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThis post originally appeared on Amnesty International USA’s website. Mumia Abu-Jamal will no longer be facing execution. He should be getting a new trial. In October, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to reinstate the death sentence that had been overturned by a...
