Category: Politics
Gagged National-Security-Letter Recipients Find Their Voice
by WS Editors | May 15, 2007 | National SecurityIn July 2005, George Christian got a call from an employee he supervised. An FBI agent had called to ask who could receive service of a national security letter addressed to the Library Connection, a nonprofit consortium that provides computer services to twenty-six Connecticut libraries. As executive director, Christian was responsible for the organization’s legal […]
The Army’s Abuse of Its Own Extends Far Beyond Walter Reed
by WS Editors | May 1, 2007 | Politics“Accidents,” Alexander Cockburn once wrote, “are normalcy raised to the level of drama.” The same may be said for scandal, the shocking event that turns out not to have been so shocking after all once the tape is rewound, the warning signs exquisitely detailed and the “big picture” filled in. The scandal du jour is […]
Fight Firearms with Firearms | The Religious Right Hates the Hate Crimes Bill
by WS Editors | May 1, 2007 | Legal Affairs, National SecurityWould More Guns Make Us Safer?—The American Enterprise Institute, a neo-conservative think tank in Washington, DC, is not known by all as a purveyor of accurate information. It publishes studies funded by the oil industry disputing the existence of global warming, and cooked-up rationales for invading Iraq. From 2001 to 2006 it housed a scholar, […]
Putting Fairness Back into America’s Tax System
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2007 | Economy, PoliticsDemocrats in Congress have convened a series of hearings on tax policy that could lead to long-overdue changes. With this forum and the energy generated by the 2008 presidential campaigns, they have the opportunity to reverse the Bush administration’s tax cuts for the rich, rejecting the notion of making them permanent, as well as to […]
New York’s Novel Plan | A Carbon Problem for GM | Judging CEOs by Their Houses
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2007 | Economy, EnvironmentWonderful Town—It might seem odd for a billionaire to develop a radical plan to help the poor. But New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a possible independent presidential candidate for 2008, has done so in a typically unconventional manner. Stay in school, go to the dentist, take a higher education course or get job training […]
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