Category: Politics
Roubini’s Crystal Ball | Prosecuting the Bushies (If Not Bush)
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsRoubinomics—New York University economics professor Nouriel Roubini predicted and defined the current economic collapse in 2006. He now says we are in the “worst U.S. recession in the last fifty years.” What does the economist who foresaw this economic crisis prescribe to end it? “A major aggressive fiscal stimulus, government spending on goods and services, […]
Evangelicals and the Republican Party
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2008 | Politics, UncategorizedDID WE JUST WITNESS THE DYING GASP of hate-based Christianity? While Dr. James Dobson might not know it, electoral demographics strongly suggest that we did. On the eve of the election, Dobson circulated a sixteen-page letter signed by “A Christian from 2012.” Dobson’s non-profit Focus on the Family organization took in more than $142 million (in what […]
Sarah Steals the Show | Newt Eyes 2012 | Republicans Smear a Scholar
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2008 | PoliticsPositively Palin—Sixty-four percent of Republicans polled by Rasmussen shortly after the election said that they would choose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be their party’s presidential candidate in 2012; 91 percent of Republicans in the same poll responded that they have a “favorable” view of her, while 65 percent said “very favorable,” and only 8 […]
The Black Vote in a Red State
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2008 | PoliticsIndianola, Mississippi THIRTY-FIVE. THAT’S THE NUMBER OF TIMES Charles McLaurin was arrested between 1961 and 1965. McLaurin said he beat the odds because he was badly beaten only once, when he and four friends were stopped by a highway patrolman in August 1964, near the Alabama state line. They were traveling to a Student Non-Violent […]
What’s Driving McCain’s Decline?
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsRUNNING A RIFF THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS of Congress had reduced to one paragraph, while Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson groped for the right mix of money and policy to keep a recession from spiraling into a depression, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) described the state of the nation: “We are facing what has been called the most […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety
Editor’s Picks
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By Anthony Barnett
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Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
By Hamilton Fish
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God and QR Codes for Trump; The Courage Tour Goes to Michigan
By Anne Nelson
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Project 2025: The Latest Plot Against America
By Anne Nelson
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Possible Use of Depleted Uranium Munitions Adds New Dimension to the Human Toll in Mid-East War
By Barbara Koeppel
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What Does Putin Have on Trump?
By Bob Dreyfuss