On Monday, February 15, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton characterized the Iranian regime as a virtual military dictatorship. Although Mrs. Clinton, an accomplished Yale graduate, often takes on …
Once upon a time, this little strip of land (just 139 square miles, about twice the size of Washington, DC) was a potentially booming resort and fishing capital, with …
I wrote this past weekend about the very real danger facing the Republican Party in 2012 thanks to the “Tea Party” uprising within the GOP base. I noted that …
For background on Jason Leopold's extensive investigative work on the Yoo/Bybee torture memo report please see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Former Justice Department lawyer …
Vancouver - Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging “shock doctrine” for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Next month, a prominent umbrella organisation …
San Francisco - The five states where the housing crisis has taken the biggest toll will receive part of a $1.5 billion federal aid package intended to slow the …
In the movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” at the end of a filibuster, idealistic freshman US Sen. Jeff Smith (played by Jimmy Stewart) reminds us that the struggle …
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics. …