Category: Politics
Our Election System Is Broken. Can the New Congress Fix It?
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2007 | PoliticsIn the past year, concerns about the accuracy and integrity of computerized elections have entered the general consciousness and become accepted as serious. Issues that I addressed in the March 1, 2006, edition of the Spectator have since been written about in the national media, and the momentum has grown for legislative solutions to be found at the […]
Weird Weather | Will Rudy Run? | Ethics Committee Gets Back to Work
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2007 | Environment, PoliticsSpringtime in January—“This is the life,” a woman on the beach tells her husband in a recent cartoon. “A cool drink, a good book, the warm sun.” “Buffalo in January,” her husband responds. Aside from the blizzards in Denver, this Christmas season felt more warm than white. And it only got hotter as the New […]
The U.S. Can’t Bring Peace to Iraq, But Muslim Nations Can
by Dilip Hiro | Jan 1, 2007 | Foreign PolicyThe good news is that the report by the Iraq Study Group (ISG), entitled “The Way Forward: A New Approach,” has unleashed a public debate in the United States. Three out of four Americans responding to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll support its key policy recommendations. The bad news is that the bipartisan ISG, co-chaired by James Baker, […]
Lobbyists Love Democrats! | Wolfowitz Wears Out His World Bank Welcome | Joeverthrown
by WS Editors | Jan 1, 2007 | PoliticsBusiness as Usual for K Street—The arrival of a new Democratic Congress may bring an end to business as usual on Capitol Hill for big business. But it’s not really the end. Lobbyists on Washington’s K Street corridor are working overtime to convert old enemies into new friends. In the last days before the election, […]
Progressives Must Turn Their Attention to the States
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2006 | Economy, PoliticsAfter three dreadful election cycles—each, it seems, worse than the one before—progressives have made serious gains. The statistics are great: Six U.S. Senate seats. Twenty-nine U.S. Representatives. Six governors. Nine legislative chambers. More than three hundred state legislators. Final tallies are still being crunched, but it looks as though Democrats picked up everywhere from federal […]
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