Saturday, October 23, 2010

Parvez Ahmed: Juan Williams to Helen Thomas: Clarity Missing in Debate Over Free Speech

Parvez Ahmed: Juan Williams to Helen Thomas: Clarity Missing in Debate Over Free Speech

Dan Pfeiffer: Shadow Campaigning: What Do They Expect in Return?

Dan Pfeiffer: Shadow Campaigning: What Do They Expect in Return?

William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership

William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 1: Put Bank of America in Receivership

John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims

John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims

Edward Murray: Other Things That Glenn Beck Has Never Seen

Edward Murray: Other Things That Glenn Beck Has Never Seen

Sen. Tom Udall: No More 'Trick or Treat' Phone Bills

Sen. Tom Udall: No More 'Trick or Treat' Phone Bills

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: On Immigration, Are You a Lamar Smith-John Boehner-Steve King Republican?

Rep. Luis Gutierrez: On Immigration, Are You a Lamar Smith-John Boehner-Steve King Republican?

Dennis A. Henigan: Toomey Dances on Guns and Terror

Dennis A. Henigan: Toomey Dances on Guns and Terror

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Backdoor Bailout, Tea Party Fakeout: The GOP's Secret $90 Billion Gift to Wall Street

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Backdoor Bailout, Tea Party Fakeout: The GOP's Secret $90 Billion Gift to Wall Street

Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Privatizing Social Security: Haven't We Seen This Movie Before?

Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Privatizing Social Security: Haven't We Seen This Movie Before?

Margie Omero: What's at Stake for Women in the Midterms: Part 2 -- Hundreds of GOP Candidates With Women Problems

Margie Omero: What's at Stake for Women in the Midterms: Part 2 -- Hundreds of GOP Candidates With Women Problems

Paul Froese: Which God Blesses America?

Paul Froese: Which God Blesses America?

Amarnath Amarasingam: What Jihadists Talk About Online

Amarnath Amarasingam: What Jihadists Talk About Online

Josh Silver: Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint Take Aim at NPR Funding

Josh Silver: Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint Take Aim at NPR Funding

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Dennis Santiago: Moving the Economy Forward: Can the City of Los Angeles Pass Its Responsible Banking Ordinance?

Dennis Santiago: Moving the Economy Forward: Can the City of Los Angeles Pass Its Responsible Banking Ordinance?

Wendell Potter: Consumers Win an Important Battle Against Insurers, Thanks to State Insurance Commissioners

Wendell Potter: Consumers Win an Important Battle Against Insurers, Thanks to State Insurance Commissioners

Richard Grenell: New Republican Congress Should Stop Funding NPR

....but I disagree...

Richard Grenell: New Republican Congress Should Stop Funding NPR

Trey Ellis: The Grave Danger of Conservative Blindness

Trey Ellis: The Grave Danger of Conservative Blindness

Van Jones: Right-Wing Voter Guide Revolution: What Can Progressives Learn?

Van Jones: Right-Wing Voter Guide Revolution: What Can Progressives Learn?

Matthieu Ricard: Why Pleasure Is Not Happiness (VIDEO)

Matthieu Ricard: Why Pleasure Is Not Happiness (VIDEO)

Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite: Truthiness in the Twitter Era

Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite: Truthiness in the Twitter Era

Johann Hari: The Tea Party's Wildest Dreams Come True -- in Britain. The Result? Disaster

Johann Hari: The Tea Party's Wildest Dreams Come True -- in Britain. The Result? Disaster

David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks'

David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks'

Bob Cesca: The Republican Swindle About 'Obamacare and Stimulus'

Bob Cesca: The Republican Swindle About 'Obamacare and Stimulus'

Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy

Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy

Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy

Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy

Zach Carter: Foreclosure-Gate Fallout: How Bad Can It Get For Wall Street?

Zach Carter: Foreclosure-Gate Fallout: How Bad Can It Get For Wall Street?

Joe Cirincione: British Budget Collapse Foreshadows Cuts to Come in U.S. Defense Budget

Joe Cirincione: British Budget Collapse Foreshadows Cuts to Come in U.S. Defense Budget

Peter Seligmann: America's Commitment to Nature: Another Endangered Species?

Peter Seligmann: America's Commitment to Nature: Another Endangered Species?

Rep. Jim McDermott: A Day Without the Democrats

Rep. Jim McDermott: A Day Without the Democrats

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Pictures of MERS, Part 1: Corporate Documents Illustrate the Mortgage Shell Game

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Pictures of MERS, Part 1: Corporate Documents Illustrate the Mortgage Shell Game

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair

Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair

Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf

Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf

Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout

Robert L. Cavnar: Too Little, Too Soon: Six Months After the Blowout

Robert Scheer: Obama Hires a Hustler

Robert Scheer: Obama Hires a Hustler

Joseph A. Palermo: The McLaughlin Group: It's the "Professional Left's" Fault

Joseph A. Palermo: The McLaughlin Group: It's the "Professional Left's" Fault

Paul Rieckhoff: Wake Up, America! War Off the Radar, Congress Fails

Paul Rieckhoff: Wake Up, America! War Off the Radar, Congress Fails

Carl Pope: Texas Oil Loses a Round

Carl Pope: Texas Oil Loses a Round

To choose austerity is to bet it all on the confidence fairy | Joseph Stiglitz | Comment is free | The Guardian

To choose austerity is to bet it all on the confidence fairy | Joseph Stiglitz | Comment is free | The Guardian

6 Top Campaign Ads, Debunked | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

6 Top Campaign Ads, Debunked | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Wendell Potter: Thank You, UnitedHealth Group. Your Jaw-Dropping Profit Announcement May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered.

Wendell Potter: Thank You, UnitedHealth Group. Your Jaw-Dropping Profit Announcement May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered.

Steve Lombardo: 14 Days to Go and the President Is Killing Democrats

Steve Lombardo: 14 Days to Go and the President Is Killing Democrats

Nathan Gardels: Wei Jingsheng: Blocking 'Peaceful Evolution' Will Lead to Instability in China

Nathan Gardels: Wei Jingsheng: Blocking 'Peaceful Evolution' Will Lead to Instability in China

Mira Schor: Lowering the Bar on Activism

Mira Schor: Lowering the Bar on Activism

Kathleen Reardon: What the President Could Learn From Sarah Palin

Kathleen Reardon: What the President Could Learn From Sarah Palin

Benjamin R. Barber: Socialism For Dummies or: Why Obama Isn't a Communist

Benjamin R. Barber: Socialism For Dummies or: Why Obama Isn't a Communist

Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars

Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars

Dan Beckmann: So Where Did All the Hope and Change Go?

Dan Beckmann: So Where Did All the Hope and Change Go?

Michael B. Keegan: Joe Miller, the "Irrational Blogger," and the Right's Even More Irrational View of Free Speech

Michael B. Keegan: Joe Miller, the "Irrational Blogger," and the Right's Even More Irrational View of Free Speech

Mike Lux: Election Surprises

Mike Lux: Election Surprises

Christopher Burgess: So You Want to Work Remotely?

Christopher Burgess: So You Want to Work Remotely?

Chez Pazienza: Crazier Than a Fox

Chez Pazienza: Crazier Than a Fox

Thaddeus Russell: Why I Got Fired From Teaching American History

Thaddeus Russell: Why I Got Fired From Teaching American History

Robert Reich: The Perfect Storm That Threatens American Democracy

Robert Reich: The Perfect Storm That Threatens American Democracy

Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment

Chris Weigant: Tea Partiers Should Prepare for Disappointment

Tom Engelhardt: A World Made by War: How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down?

Tom Engelhardt: A World Made by War: How Old Will You Be When the American War State Goes Down?

Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done

Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done

L. Randall Wray: QE2 Won't Save Our Sinking Ship

L. Randall Wray: QE2 Won't Save Our Sinking Ship

Josh Silver: Why it's "Radical" to Fight Corporate Control of Government (And Why Net Neutrality Is a Remedy)

Josh Silver: Why it's "Radical" to Fight Corporate Control of Government (And Why Net Neutrality Is a Remedy)

Ken Loach: Western Sahara and the Tide of History

Ken Loach: Western Sahara and the Tide of History

Mark Penn: Who Will Win the Midterms?

Mark Penn: Who Will Win the Midterms?

Dean Baker: Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens

Dean Baker: Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens

Gary Hart: One Way Out

Gary Hart: One Way Out

Robert J. Elisberg: Hate Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

Robert J. Elisberg: Hate Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

Raymond J. Learsy: Is Wall Street Zapping America Again?

Raymond J. Learsy: Is Wall Street Zapping America Again?

Raymond J. Learsy: Is Wall Street Zapping America Again?

Raymond J. Learsy: Is Wall Street Zapping America Again?

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Foreclosures and Guilt: The "Home Loan Moral Hazard Scorecard"

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Foreclosures and Guilt: The "Home Loan Moral Hazard Scorecard"

Robert Creamer: Two Weeks Out -- Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House

Robert Creamer: Two Weeks Out -- Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House

Alan Schram: Let China Manipulate its Currency---They Are Doing Us a Favor

Alan Schram: Let China Manipulate its Currency---They Are Doing Us a Favor

Paul Abrams: Closing Argument (II): "Jobs for Americans vs. Tax Cuts for Billionaires"

Paul Abrams: Closing Argument (II): "Jobs for Americans vs. Tax Cuts for Billionaires"

Robert Kuttner: Recovery, Please

Robert Kuttner: Recovery, Please

Robert Reich: The Fed's New Bubble (Masquerading as a Jobs Program)

Robert Reich: The Fed's New Bubble (Masquerading as a Jobs Program)

David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation

David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation

HuffPost TV: Arianna Slams Wall Street On CNN's 'Parker Spitzer': They're Not Making Things, They're Making Things Up (VIDEO)

HuffPost TV: Arianna Slams Wall Street On CNN's 'Parker Spitzer': They're Not Making Things, They're Making Things Up (VIDEO)

John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal

John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal

Cenk Uygur: Silver Lining in Corporate Attack on Democrats

Cenk Uygur: Silver Lining in Corporate Attack on Democrats

Ken Blackwell: "No Such Things As Shovel-Ready": The Political Suicide of President Obama

Ken Blackwell: "No Such Things As Shovel-Ready": The Political Suicide of President Obama

Gary Zajac's Amplify | Amplify.com

Gary Zajac's Amplify | Amplify.com

Robert Creamer: Wall Street Hopes to Use Republicans to Re-Purchase Congress

Robert Creamer: Wall Street Hopes to Use Republicans to Re-Purchase Congress

Arianna Huffington: Choking on Its Contrived Objectivity, the Media Refuses to Take a Stand on Sanity

Arianna Huffington: Choking on Its Contrived Objectivity, the Media Refuses to Take a Stand on Sanity

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Cold Case File: Who Shot Down a 70-Year-Old Attack on Social Security?

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Cold Case File: Who Shot Down a 70-Year-Old Attack on Social Security?

Monday, October 18, 2010

Scott Lilly: Draconian but Expensive: Boehner's Poorly Considered 'Pledge' Is Likely to Increase the Deficit

Scott Lilly: Draconian but Expensive: Boehner's Poorly Considered 'Pledge' Is Likely to Increase the Deficit

Gara LaMarche: The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

Gara LaMarche: The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

Dan Rather: Help Not Wanted?

Dan Rather: Help Not Wanted?

Henry Blodget: Here's What Foreclosure-Gate Will Really Do to House Prices

Henry Blodget: Here's What Foreclosure-Gate Will Really Do to House Prices

Mike Lux: Populist Surge or Muddled Message Overwhelmed by Money?

Mike Lux: Populist Surge or Muddled Message Overwhelmed by Money?

Rev. Jesse Jackson: GOP Runs on the "Big Lie"

Rev. Jesse Jackson: GOP Runs on the "Big Lie"

Hilary Rosen: We Are the Right Change

Hilary Rosen: We Are the Right Change

Thaddeus Russell: 11 Freedoms That Drunks, Slackers, Prostitutes And Pirates Pioneered And The Founding Fathers Opposed (PHOTOS)

Thaddeus Russell: 11 Freedoms That Drunks, Slackers, Prostitutes And Pirates Pioneered And The Founding Fathers Opposed (PHOTOS)

Amy B. Dean: The Roots of the Enthusiasm Gap Go Back to 1992

Amy B. Dean: The Roots of the Enthusiasm Gap Go Back to 1992

Robert Scheer: Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers

Robert Scheer: Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers

Joseph A. Palermo: Citizens United -- Game Changer

Joseph A. Palermo: Citizens United -- Game Changer

Andrew Levine: The Effectiveness Gap

Andrew Levine: The Effectiveness Gap

America's Poor: Where Poverty Is Rising In America (INFOGRAPHIC)

America's Poor: Where Poverty Is Rising In America (INFOGRAPHIC)

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: Media Images of Religious Americans: Elitist, Condescending and Wrong

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: Media Images of Religious Americans: Elitist, Condescending and Wrong

Peter Connolly: All Else Failing, Try Liberalism

Peter Connolly: All Else Failing, Try Liberalism

Arianna Huffington: Can-Do Entrepreneurs Move Beyond Our Can't-Do Government

Arianna Huffington: Can-Do Entrepreneurs Move Beyond Our Can't-Do Government

Dean Baker: Beneficent Counterfeiters and Economic Stimulus

Dean Baker: Beneficent Counterfeiters and Economic Stimulus

Joanne Bamberger: The Great Conservative Double Standard of Krystal Ball

Joanne Bamberger: The Great Conservative Double Standard of Krystal Ball

Donna Flagg: The Credit CARD Act Is No Match for Wall Street's Ingenuity

Donna Flagg: The Credit CARD Act Is No Match for Wall Street's Ingenuity

Pepe Escobar: China's Pipelineistan "War": Anteing Up, Betting, and Bluffing in the New Great Game

Pepe Escobar: China's Pipelineistan "War": Anteing Up, Betting, and Bluffing in the New Great Game

Raymond J. Learsy: Bravo JP Morgan! Just What We Need, Another Wall Street Casino

Raymond J. Learsy: Bravo JP Morgan! Just What We Need, Another Wall Street Casino

Raymond J. Learsy: Bravo JP Morgan! Just What We Need, Another Wall Street Casino

Raymond J. Learsy: Bravo JP Morgan! Just What We Need, Another Wall Street Casino

Leo Hindery, Jr.: China's Latest Power Plays -- More Unfair Trade, Now Grave Threats to Our Security

Leo Hindery, Jr.: China's Latest Power Plays -- More Unfair Trade, Now Grave Threats to Our Security

Michael Gerson: The Success and the Failures of the Religious Right

Michael Gerson: The Success and the Failures of the Religious Right

Stanley S. Litow: Charting Our Nation's Prosperity

Stanley S. Litow: Charting Our Nation's Prosperity

MJ Rosenberg: Obama Sure Could Have Used Josiah Bartlett's Staff

MJ Rosenberg: Obama Sure Could Have Used Josiah Bartlett's Staff

Josh Horwitz: Glenn Beck, the NRA, and the Dangers of an Impolite Society

Josh Horwitz: Glenn Beck, the NRA, and the Dangers of an Impolite Society

Sen. Fritz Hollings: U.S. Is in a Trade War, Whether It Likes It or Not

Sen. Fritz Hollings: U.S. Is in a Trade War, Whether It Likes It or Not

Marty Kaplan: Waiting for Sanityman: Can Jon Stewart Save America?

Marty Kaplan: Waiting for Sanityman: Can Jon Stewart Save America?

Gary Hart: Fear Itself, and Why We Should Fear it

Gary Hart: Fear Itself, and Why We Should Fear it

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Automated Greed Factories: How Soulless Banking Is Crushing the Economy

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Automated Greed Factories: How Soulless Banking Is Crushing the Economy

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Andrew Levine: Another Reason to Vote for Democrats

Andrew Levine: Another Reason to Vote for Democrats

Philippa Foot, Renowned Philosopher, Dies at 90

3quarksdaily: "Philippa Foot, Renowned Philosopher, Dies at 90"

The big letdown - The Boston Globe

The big letdown - The Boston Globe

The Elections: How Bad for Democrats? by Michael Tomasky | The New York Review of Books

The Elections: How Bad for Democrats? by Michael Tomasky | The New York Review of Books

How the Roberts Court disguises its conservatism. - By Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

How the Roberts Court disguises its conservatism. - By Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

Robert B. Talisse - Democracy and Moral Conflict - Reviewed by Terence Ball, Arizona State University - Philosophical Reviews - University of Notre Dame

Robert B. Talisse - Democracy and Moral Conflict - Reviewed by Terence Ball, Arizona State University - Philosophical Reviews - University of Notre Dame

Enthusiasm Gap? Enthusiasm Spike!

3quarksdaily: "Enthusiasm Gap? Enthusiasm Spike!"