First came a harsh new immigration law and calls of white racism; then we turned up the heat with an “n-word” flap and the ground zero mosque hysteria. Kirsten Powers on a season of grievance jihads.
An apology is due to Barack Obama: his takeover of GM could have gone horribly wrong, but it has not. The lesson for American voters is that their president, for all his flaws, has no desire to own the commanding heights of industry. A gambler, yes. An interventionist, yes. A socialist, no.
Alan Simpson believes that Social Security is "like a milk cow with 310 million tits," according to an email he sent to the executive director of National Older Women's League Tuesday morning. Simpson co-chairs the deficit commission, which is considering various proposals to cut Social Security benefits.
The sentiments driving the opposition to Park51 are toxic and growing.
In this short RSA Animate, radical sociologist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism, towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that could be responsible, just and humane.
President Obama is facing criticism that his message has gone off track at a crucial time for his party and administration. With the midterm elections just 10 weeks away, the president's approval ratings are at their lowest. Analysts are predicting big wins for Republicans in November.
Gallup conducted a one-night, reaction poll four days after President Obama's remarks on the development of a mosque at Ground Zero. There are no signs that this mosque will create more peace than violence anytime soon.
If Republicans take over the House, they'd best think carefully how they use their power. Ask Newt Gingrich.
You can travel safely in this area without encountering immigrants, Africans, homosexuals, automatic weapons, or homosexuals with automatic weapons
The road to America's economic recovery is like the proverbial long summer trip with no air conditioning. Despite miles traveled and progress made, the question on everyone's mind is the same: are we there yet?
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama. David H. Koch and his brother Charles have funded campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies that their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus …
The Hollywood actor said he would consider the death penalty for those to blame for the Gulf oil spill crisis. He was speaking in a documentary due to be screened in the US tomorrow tonight.
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Republicans and conservative Democrats are eager to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the 120,000 richest people in America.
I write a lot about how certain elite (pundits, politicians) have made it their quest to criminalize poverty. David Walker, a lackey of billionaire and Social Security pirate, Pete Peterson openly pined for the days of debtors prison, which is actually already a reality in six states...
The rage over the “ground zero mosque” is not motivated by a serious desire to protect America, but by a desire for for an election-season payoff.