All of the candidates are for sale, according to the August 21, 2008 edition of Rolling Stone. The article, by Matt Taibbi, is entitled: "Candidates for Sale: What do Obama and McCain have in common? The same big donors, who will expect to have their way no matter who wins."…
When you see writing this good, you should share it. This article by Thomas Frank, "How Conservative Greed and Corruption Destroyed American Politics," perfectly captures my frustrations and fears regarding the corruption that abounds in Washington DC. Here's a small excerpt of the article, which was published by Salon.com: The…
Check out this WaPo story: The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727, the 30-something owners…
Bill Moyers has some sharp comments for those who believe that the Free Market offers free, effortless and unrivaled wisdom: [W]hen you worship market forces as if they were the gods of Olympus, then the gods can do no wrong - until, of course, they prove to be human. Then…
Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head again: Of all the constitutionally threatening and extremist powers the Bush administration has asserted over the last seven years, the most radical -- and the most dangerous -- has been its claim that the President has the power to arrest U.S. citizens…