Category: Politics
An October Surprise at the Pump? | Thatcherites No Longer | Mark Foley’s Money
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2006 | PoliticsPrix Fixe—Gas prices are falling, from $3 a gallon in August to a national average today of $2.23 for regular unleaded. Energy experts say the end of the Israel-Lebanon war, a milder than expected hurricane season and declining world oil prices are contributing factors. But the American people aren’t convinced that politics isn’t at play […]
McCain Sells Out | Wal-Mart Gets Political | Capitol Hill Is an FBI Crime Scene
by WS Editors | Oct 1, 2006 | Economy, PoliticsCompromised Principles—When is a compromise not a compromise? When one side gets almost everything it wants and the other is left high and dry. That’s what happened in the recent debate over the Bush administration’s “anti-terrorism” interrogation powers. On one side were a trio of Republican senators led by John McCain (R-AZ), who was in […]
The Elephant in the Polling Booth
by Mark Crispin Miller | Oct 1, 2006 | PoliticsTo say that this election could go either way is not to say that the Republicans have any chance of winning it. As a civic entity responsive to the voters’ will, the party’s over, there being no American majority that backs it, or that ever would. Bush has left the GOP in much the same […]
The Congressional Art of Doing Nothing | Replacing Tom DeLay | Trouble A’Brewing
by WS Editors | Sep 15, 2006 | PoliticsDo-Nothing Congress—Our current Congress, upon returning to work after a five-week summer vacation, could follow the lead of Congresses past and whisk through a flurry of bills before leaving town for another month in the run-up to the November midterm elections. But if the last year is any indication, it won’t. The House of Representatives, […]
Big Money vs. Grassroots: The Fight For the Heart of the Democratic Party
by David Sirota | Sep 1, 2006 | PoliticsEditor’s Note: David Sirota is an occasional contributor to these pages and the author of a recent bestseller, Hostile Takeover, about the big money corruption that is perverting our democratic system of government. With the prospects good for the Democrats to regain control of at least one chamber of Congress, come November, Sirota says there is […]
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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What Does Putin Have on Trump?
By Bob Dreyfuss