by Sara Nora Ross, PhD The new Obama administration is still in flux on its stance toward investigation of war crimes of U.S. torture. Public opinion is likely in flux, too. Decisions […]
Obama is a two-faced liar*
* And Greg Palast loves it. Now I understand Obama’s weird moves: dinner with those creepy conservative columnists, earnest meetings at the White House with the Republican leaders, a dramatic begging foray […]
Dear Lord Baby Jesus, we come before you today to inaugurate the new president of the United States of God…
Well, here’s a fine howdy-do: Rick Warren, pastor of the mother of all mega-churches, has been tapped to channel Jesus conduct a seance deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration. Because Warren […]
Is America ready for an honest conversation about abortion yet?
In this season’s eighth episode, Boston Legal – the relentlessly liberal ABC dramedy starring William Shatner and James Spader – lobbed an absolute bomb at those of us on the pro-choice side […]
The "dumbest generation": sloppy thinking, maybe, but it's put-up-or-shut-up time for Gen X
In the past I’ve written about a variety of generational issues, and have often focused on the Millennials. At times I’ve been construed as dogging them pretty hard. As I’ve tried to […]
Nota Bene #50
Link of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link) Diana Henriques, the New York Times, Bailout Monitor Sees Lack of a Coherent Plan: “Our objectives in asking Congress for a financial […]
An end to raw deals from government? If Obama has his way
By the time you read this, you’ll probably have heard. From Politico. . . President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest new investment […]
Nota Bene #49
Links of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link) Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet, Obama to the Economic Rescue: Why not hire people who were right all along, and not historic failures who […]
Mapping American progress
About three weeks ago, Jim Moss over at The Seminal laid the 2008 electoral results map over maps of poverty and income inequality. The visual comparison was illuminating, and Jim’s post got […]
Happy Thanksgiving open thread: what are you thankful for?
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at S&R. Today we invite those of you reading (and really, don’t you have anything better to do?) to tell us what you’re thankful about. […]
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