Despite being ill, Glenn Greenwald puts his finger on the issue: A very intense case of food poisoning in New York on Thursday, combined with my traveling home all night last night, prevents me from writing much about this until … Continue reading →

Apparently a lot of you have given the Democrats your votes, your time, and your money. What will you do if President-elect Obama continues President Bush’s high crimes and misdemeanors thus making Obama as multiply impeachable as Bush already is? … Continue reading →

Lawrence Lessig calls for “Open Debates”: The presidential debates are for the benefit of the public. Therefore, the right to speak about the debates ought to be “owned” by the public, not controlled by the media. “Town hall” Internet questions … Continue reading →

Chris Blizzard celebrates Lawrence Lessig’s recent pro-Obama remarks noting how “positiv[ity]” and “Not talking about differences or what the other guy is doing” are the characteristics that make Lessig’s closing so good. Lessig’s remarks seem to be available exclusively in … Continue reading →

The American public is said to have a taste for mild rebukes like “Goodnight Bush” but there’s no strong outcry for principled action which require holding people’s feet to the fire: real investigation, trial, and punishment beginning with impeachment. There … Continue reading →

Now that the Democrats have had time to settle in, having won control of both houses of the US Congress, we can assess their recent record and bask in all the successes they’ve made.

Remember how the Democratic Party, freshly voted into control of US Congress, said that impeachment was “off the table”? After explaining how light impeachment really is, Ralph Nader lays it on the line for the Democrats: Repeatedly during the past … Continue reading →

Thanks to C. G. Estabrook for his help with this post. Check out News from Neptune and share it with your friends. Critical reading on why Progressives can’t vote for Barack Obama: Uzma Aslam Khan explains how American hegemony proceeds … Continue reading →

AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort in Urbana, Illinois, wrote an informative essay on why Congress chooses not to stop the war. AWARE has been distributing the following at the Urbana farmer’s market and have graciously allowed others to distribute it … Continue reading →