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Bipartisan Strategy Takes Shape to Close Overseas US Bases
At a time when bipartisanship on Capitol Hill has essentially disappeared, an intriguing example of cross-party consensus has emerged in a relatively obscure area of foreign policy: closing overseas …
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Adding It Up: Press Freedom, Democratic Health and Public Media Funding (2)
This week Reporters Without Borders released its 2011–2012 Press Freedom Index, and much of the attention has focused on the fact that the United States has dropped 27 places …
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The Scary Danger of Meat (Even for Those Who Don’t Eat It)
So far, 2012 is bringing bad news for people who don't want "free antibiotics" in their food. Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to …
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US Elections vs. the Environment: The Stigma of Successful Regulation
What will the presidential election in November mean for U.S. environmental policy? Although we don’t yet know who the Republican candidate will be, we know all too well what …
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Ari Fleischer Secretly Involved in Komen Strategy on Planned Parenthood
Ari Fleischer conducting a White House press conference. (Photo: USGov) Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush and prominent right-wing pundit, was secretly involved in …
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Romney Bowl
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Romney’s Indifference to the Poor
Washington - I wish Mitt Romney's cavalier dismissal of poverty in America could be chalked up as just another gaffe, but it's much worse than that. The Republican front-runner …
Newt Gingrich and the Real Saul Alinsky (2)
Bill Moyers Essay: Newt's Obesession with Saul Alinsky from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
Newt Gingrich and the Real Saul Alinsky
Bill Moyers Essay: Newt's Obesession with Saul Alinsky from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: Time, now, for a word about a good American being …
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Why the “Liberal” Media Leaves Hawkish Foreign Policy Unchallenged
(Photo: Scott / Flickr) A recent article by foreign policy analyst Robert Naiman, examines The New York Times' current coverage of Iran's nuclear program. In it, he …