Article Listing
-
Afghanistan: Why pursue a losing strategy?
January 14, 2011In spite of a White House declaration that "progress" is being made in Afghanistan, by virtually any measure the war has deteriorated significantly since the Obama administration surged troops into Kandahar and Helmand provinces.
Read more -
The GOP attack on NPR
January 14, 2011The Republicans' main interest in the NPR fights is to destroy this nation's only democratically controlled media.
Read more -
Will the Singularity be the end of us?
January 14, 2011Some experts say the Singularity - when artificial intelligence learns how to make itself smarter - is a greater threat to humanity than global warming or nuclear war.
Read more -
This is a heat wave, at least in the long term
January 13, 2011Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.
Read more -
Unions mount a big push against the Senate filibuster
January 13, 2011Labor and progressive organizations say it is essential to end procedures that have allowed a Republican minority in that body to stall or kill a wide array of progressive legislation.
Read more