Here are the major differences, set forth by Harvey Wasserman of Free Press: As we stumble toward another presidential election, it’s never been more clear that our political process is being warped by a corporate stranglehold on the free flow of information. Amidst a virtual blackout of coverage of a…
With the possible spoiler of Mike Huckabee, it's clear that John McCain is set to be the candidate the Democrats need to beat in November. The irony of the ongoing battle between Hillary and Obama is that, policy-wise, they just aren't that different. There were some real differences between the…
I’d never seen anything like this before (I learned about it after reading a post at SoupyTrumpet). It’s a song based on a speech Barack Obama delivered in New Hampshire on January 8, 2008. The music is performed by will.i.am of the rap group Black Eyed Peas, assisted by a…
I attended Barack Obama's speech in St. Louis on Saturday night. I was among a numerous other people attending -- the press reported that about 20,000 people were present. To get into the arena, those attending had to follow the line for several blocks, leading up to the door. We walked…
Fred Kaplan's has written a new book, Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power. He argues that George W. Bush's failures stem from two great misconceptions: A) that the world changed after Sept. 11, when it didn't, and B) that the United States emerged from the Cold…