No Nukes

Published on Saturday, February 13, 2010 by CommonDreams.org No Nukes by Ralph Nader A generation of Americans has grown up without a single nuclear power plant being brought on line since before the near meltdown of the Three Mile Island structure in 1979. They have not been exposed to the enormous costs, risks and national [...]

Obama’s Chance to Be Next FDR or Reagan Fading Fast

Published on Saturday, February 13, 2010 by McClatchy Newspapers Obama’s Chance to Be Next FDR or Reagan Fading Fast by Steve Thomma WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s dream of being a historically transformational figure like Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan may be slipping from his grasp. To be sure, he’s already made one lasting [...]

America’s Deadly Robots Rewrite the Rules of War

Published on Friday, February 12, 2010 by The Sydney Morning Herald America’s Deadly Robots Rewrite the Rules of War by Paul McGeough The kohl-eyed Hakimullah Mehsud probably is dead. He was the target for a missile fired last month from an unmanned aircraft hovering over the Afghan-Pakistani border – but launched by an operator in [...]

Senate Unveils Bill to Boost Jobs, But Who Does it Help?

Published on Friday, February 12, 2010 by McClatchy Newspapers Senate Unveils Bill to Boost Jobs, But Who Does it Help? by David Lightman and Kevin G. Hall WASHINGTON – The Senate jobs-creation package that was unveiled Thursday and hailed by President Barack Obama may do more to help politicians who want to be seen trying [...]

Unions Bash Democrats, Warn of Political Fallout

Published on Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Politico.com Unions Bash Democrats, Warn of Political Fallout by James Hohmann Labor groups are furious with the Democrats they helped put in office – and are threatening to stay home this fall when Democratic incumbents will need their help fending off Republican challengers.  Labor groups furious at Democrats [...]

US-Backed Palestinian Security Forces ‘A Prescription for Civil War’

Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English US-Backed Palestinian Security Forces ‘A Prescription for Civil War’ by Jon Elmer in Bethlehem Abu Abdullah has never been charged with a crime, but he has been arrested by Palestinian security forces so many times in the past two years that he has lost count. Allegations of [...]

Obama, The War President

Published on Monday, February 8, 2010 by The Albany Times-Union (New York) Obama, The War President by Helen Thomas President Barack Obama does have a foreign policy. It’s called war.The President has not defined any real difference between his hawkish approach to international issues and that of his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. Where’s [...]

Justice Thomas’ Reasoning — Dangerous for Democracy

Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 by The Huffington Post Justice Thomas’ Reasoning — Dangerous for Democracy by Frances Moore Lappé The normally closed Supreme Court opened a crack last week, as Clarence Thomas defended the 5-4 decision clearing away limits on corporate spending to influence elections. “If 10 of you got together and decided [...]

Washington’s Greatest Afghan War Danger: Self-Deception

Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 by TomDispatch.com Washington’s Greatest Afghan War Danger: Self-Deception by Tom Engelhardt Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s “secret” battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands.  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles — that is, pilot-less drones — shoot missiles (18 of them in a single attack on a tiny village [...]

Donors Reward Dems Who Pushed Public Option

Published on Friday, February 5, 2010 by Huffington Post Donors Reward Dems Who Pushed Public Option by Ryan Grim Liberal bloggers have quietly raised nearly $90,000 in the past few days to reward three freshman House Democrats for organizing an effort to put the public health insurance option back into the Senate health care debate. [...]