Rights and Democracy
A Lying Hypocrite for President
If you find it necessary to declare on national television, “I am a serious person,” you’re probably not.
Perfect: The Enemy of the Happy
Unhappiness is New York City after an 18-inch snowfall.
The Con to Criminalize Immigrants
A person might be detained in a for-profit center like Stewart for any number of reasons, many of them bureaucratic. Some detainees were seeking refuge in the United States as victims of U.S.-sponsored military training and atrocities in Latin America. Other detainees are farmers, whose only economically viable option was to find work in the United States in order to provide for their families. Trade policies beneficial to American agribusiness are often at the root of this type of migration.
America the Exceptional
We are the greatest country on earth. If you don’t believe it, just ask us.
Profitable Immigrants
Protect Public Media
Since NPR terminated its contract with political analyst Juan Williams, it has been open hunting season on the broadcasting network in Washington, with a handful of lawmakers and political pundits launching an all-out assault to take down public media.
GOP: Man of the Year
The GOP this year accomplished a feat so extraordinary as to beggar the imagination. Nothing like it has been seen in living memory.
Stop Secret Election Spending: A Nonpartisan Goal
Why Can’t Our Politicians Get into the Holiday Spirit?
Other kids, my friends, would get two or three presents for Christmas (one of which would be a flannel shirt or something), some would get none, and I’d get this toy store.
The Hammer Gets Nailed
For once, I actually agree with something that with Tom DeLay said. The former Republican leader of Congress recently declared in his most somber tone, “The criminalization of politics undermines our very system.” Wow, so true, Tommy.
