Category: Politics
It’s Really the Selectoral or Ejectoral College and Needs to Go
by George C. Edwards III | Jan 15, 2005 | Books, PoliticsTo most of us the Electoral College is so inscrutable and immutable that we don’t grasp how much it is also so undemocratic and inequitable. Now we have just seen it go through its antique antics again. Under the chairmanship of Vice President Dick Cheney, a joint session of Congress met in the House of […]
For the Democrats, Happy Days Aren’t Here Again and May Be Far Awa
by WS Editors | Jan 1, 2005 | PoliticsThe hard-right Heritage Foundation recently mailed a warning that the Democratic left is “angrier than ever” and “continues to be a danger to our country,” so “we need to take these people seriously.” Take them seriously? As Will Rogers put it, “I am not a member of any organized party—I am a Democrat.” For the […]
From Tuesday Night to Wednesday Mourning
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2004 | PoliticsThey’re fleeing the jurisdiction of Bush & Co., Inc., and you can hardly blame them. The departure of Attorney General John Ashcroft is a godsend for us all, even President Bush. And there is a rush of others. The retirement of Secretary of State Colin Powell was no surprise. He was conned on Iraq by […]
Mission Finally Accomplished—Four More Years of the Political Right
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2004 | Books, PoliticsYou might have thought that, three years after a devastating terrorist attack on American soil, a period which has featured two wars, radical political and economic legislation, and an adjustment to one of the biggest stock market crashes in history, the campaign for the presidency would be an especially elevated and notable affair. If so, […]
Newspapers Voted Too | Bad Bets | List of Lies | Mercks Misdeeds | Praise to the Max
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2004 | Books, PoliticsThe Liberal Press?—Maybe so—a little. The media magazine Editor & Publisher found that 36 newspapers that ran editorials endorsing the election of Bush in 2000 flip-flopped this year and went for Kerry. All told, Kerry led Bush in editorial endorsements, 142 to 123. The pro-Kerry list included the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, thePhiladelphia Inquirer, the Detroit […]
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