Jimmy Carter Charges Obama ‘Doesn’t Want to Punish Those Who are Guilty’ of Crimes

by Jeremy Scahill, Common Dreams The Democratic Party power structure’s least favorite ex-President is speaking out of school again. Jimmy Carter has some strong words about President Obama’s decision to fight the release of thousands of photos that reportedly show further US abuse and torture of prisoners and has weighed in on the debate over [...]

The ADL is going after “Doonesbury”

You guys gotta go check this out from Kenny’s Sideshow… “To speak of money-lenders harkens back to the stereotype of Shylock, when Jews were forced by Christians to engage in usury“.  ADL   (I guess you can’t even bring up the bible these days.) (the following is NOT the Doonesbury cartoon, BTW) Christian – Charge me [...]

Economic recovery is wishful thinking

The media has been touting whatever good economic news it can find. But the truth is economic recovery is nowhere in sight by Dean Baker, Guardian Last week we got a whole series of bad reports on the state of the economy. New and existing home sales both remain near their lowest level for the [...]

Barack Obama is Not “the greatest man of our generation”

by Scott Creighton Recently I communicated with someone I knew from a previous life; back when I had a future.  This friend is a liberal and an accomplished artist who is committed to the craft of his work and the teaching of others who are lucky enough to learn from him.  “A Life in the [...]

What’s good for GM…

by Jerry White, WSWS The bankruptcy of General Motors is a major turning point in the history of economic and political life in the United States. The industrial giant—once the largest and most profitable enterprise in the world—defined American capitalism for much of the 20th century. Its massive presence in the US economy inspired the [...]

Obama’s support for the new Graham-Lieberman secrecy law

by Glen Greenwald, Salon It was one thing when President Obama reversed himself last month by announcing that he would appeal the Second Circuit’s ruling that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) compelled disclosure of various photographs of detainee abuse sought by the ACLU.  Agree or disagree with Obama’s decision, at least the basic legal framework [...]