| Dec 30, 2015 | Peace / SecurityLike many political animals, I was glued to the latest Republican presidential debate. For the most part, there were no surprises: Donald Trump railed against Muslims, Chris Christie lamented that the NSA can’t intercept Americans’ phone calls and emails as easily as...
| Dec 9, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyGiven the commitment House Republicans profess to balancing the federal budget, you’d think tax breaks for profitable businesses would be a low priority. But this holiday season, they’re set to vote for a two-year, $96 billion package of tax breaks — 80 percent...
| Nov 11, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyWe’re officially just under a year away from Election Day 2016. We’ve already been bombarded for months with red-hot anti-tax, anti-woman, anti-immigrant, and anti-poor rhetoric from a fool’s dozen Republican candidates. Can we really take another 12 months of...
| Nov 4, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyPaul Ryan paints himself as a champion of “the people” over “Washington.” But the “people” the new House speaker defends are corporations. And the “Washington” he attacks is the one that does deliver for real people. For...
| | Rights / DemocracyIs it me or are the GOP presidential debates getting more circus-like each time? The recent CNBC “Your Money, Your Vote” debate began with this beauty pageant question: “What’s your greatest weakness?” Who asks a bunch of narcissists that...
