Thursday, January 16, 2025

Paul Ryan’s Hot New Idea: More Rank Corporate Giveaways

The House speaker's "economic agenda" would fix the economy in the same way a vet fixes your dog.

A victory at Standing Rock, for now

The water protectors will fight "until [they] know for sure that this black snake is dead."

Five groups of Americans who’ll get shafted under Trump’s hiring freeze

This freeze is a bad idea, but there will be more where this came from.

Five Prerequisites for War Against ISIS

As we move toward war against ISIS, we must be vigilant – to fairly allocate the burdens of who’s called on to fight the war, to protect civil liberties, to protect innocent civilians abroad, to avoid hate and bigotry, and to fairly distribute the cost of paying for war.

A Haven from the Animal Holocaust

Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen is an animal sanctuary for rescuing farm animals. Because the abuse of animals at the hands of factory farm operators is unfathomable and “we are saying they are as important as any other individual.”

Buy Your Way into Scott Walker’s Circle

Presidential candidate Scott Walker wants you to think he cares about people like you, so he is inviting people to sit down and talk to him face-to-face—it only costs $1 million. It's time we end this corrupt mockery of our electoral democracy.

The meaning of America

We are forgetting the real meaning of America – the ideals on which our nation was built. We are losing our sense of the common good. 

A time for integrity

You have not pledged yours souls to the Republican Party. You have pledged yourselves to America. Now is the time to deliver on that pledge.

Why a DNC vice chair bawled me out – and why Joe Biden must...

Biden’s mediocre speech at the New Hampshire convention on September 7 is already a historic record of a dismal candidate for president whose nomination promises to be a disaster.