Congress

Big Oil Song and Dance

By Jim Hightower, August 2008 Issue

The Big Oil Quintet made an appearance before Congress on May 22, singing their old standard: “The Magic of the Free Market.”

Cindy Sheehan: This is Horseshit

By Cindy Sheehan, August 6, 2008

It is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists will we be?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Musings on "Martial Law"

By Matthew Rothschild, July 23, 2008

How bad can it get?

That’s the question I've been wrestling with for a while here, given the Bush administration's utter disdain for the rule of law.

Your Laptops, Please!

As Prepared for Delivery, June 25, 2008

Sen. Feingold Asks: Why Should the Government Be Able to Search Our Laptops When We Return from Abroad?

Feingold: “We Caved In” on FISA

By Brian Beutler of the Media Consortium, June 23, 2008

The Senate is poised to give Bush what he wants.

That’s the loud and clear warning Sen. Russ Feingold just issued.

Capitulation Row for Dems

By Matthew Rothschild, June 19, 2008

We need Democrats for this?

Before heading out for summer recess, the Democratically controlled Congress is on the cusp of handing Bush two big victories—and the American people two big defeats.

Craven Congress

By Jim Hightower, June 2008 Issue

Message to George W: Contact Earth if your spaceship ever comes near our planet.

Getting Iraq to pay more is not the answer

By Raed Jarrar and Erik Leaver, May 13, 2008

Congress should stop blaming the Iraqi government for our economic woes.

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