The President’s Leadership Challenge: A Call for Bold Action
Rinaldo Brutoco
Sunday 31 January 2010
by: World Business Academy, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
Mr. President, there has never been any doubt you are a brilliant orator. And it is also clear that nothing you have said will cause the Republicans in the [...]
January 30, 2010
New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
A Radical Treasure
By BOB HERBERT
I had lunch with Howard Zinn just a few weeks ago, and I’ve seldom had more fun while talking about so many matters that were unreservedly unpleasant: the sorry state of government and politics in the U.S., the tragic futility of our escalation in Afghanistan, the [...]
Four Charged in Phone Scheme at Sen. Landrieu’s Office;
Or, Rightwing Politics Is Mostly Dirty Tricks
Juan Cole
Four Charged in Phone Scheme at Sen. Landrieu’s Office - USATODAY.com
James O’Keefe, the rightwing activist who tried to punk ACORN by dressing as a pimp, was endorsed in a resolution by 31 Republican congressmen [...]
Monopoly Corporatocracy Replaces Democracy
Dave Johnson January 21, 2010 - 1:39pm ET
From: Campaign for America’s Future
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 to make George W. Bush President allow large corporations to spend as much as needed to place their candidates in office, so that they will pass laws:
giving them access to government funds
restricting their smaller competitors
allowing [...]
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Marc Ash
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A Time for Resolve
Wednesday January 20, 2010
The unlikely ascendancy of a former Cosmopolitan Magazine nude centerfold to succeed Edward M. Kennedy as United States Senator from the State of Massachusetts is being trumpeted as a triumph for the Republican Party, a rebuke of Barack Obama’s presidency, and the end of [...]
Sanders Op-Ed: Where Do We Go From Here?
Source: The Nation
By Bernie Sanders
January 15, 2010
One year ago the nation gave a collective sigh of relief as the worst and least popular administration in modern American history came to an end. Not only was the Bush administration heading out the door, but the Republican Party was reeling [...]
January 11, 2010
New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
Learning From Europe
By PAUL KRUGMAN
As health care reform nears the finish line, there is much wailing and rending of garments among conservatives. And I’m not just talking about the tea partiers. Even calmer conservatives have been issuing dire warnings that Obamacare will turn America into a European-style social democracy. And [...]
Learning From the Last Decade as We Move Into the Next One
Saturday 02 January 2010
by: David Sirota, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
While I’m loathe to write a top-ten list, if only for fear of falling short of Dave Letterman’s legendary bit, I’m making an exception in this first week of [...]