Stories by Sean Gonsalves
Sean Gonsalves is a syndicated columnist and news editor with the Cape Cod Times.
Is a progressive populist social vision, i.e., ridding the world of hunger, poverty and war, a viable goal for the presidency? 'Elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday' is how Wyclef sees it.
Posted on Oct 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
It takes pointing out the devil in the details when the devil is pulling the rug out from under us all.
Posted on Oct 19, 2004, Source: AlterNet
It seems the Right's perennial concern about "creeping socialism" has blinded large segments of the voting public to the dangers of creeping fascism.
Posted on Oct 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
An analysis of who appears on the new Forbes 400 list says something directly relevant to the race for the White House.
Posted on Sep 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Time banking offers an alternative to cash economies in nine countries.
Posted on Sep 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet
If conservatives followed the money trail, as Rush Limbaugh advises, they would realize they are the victims of the biggest neo-con in American political history.
Posted on Sep 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A conversation with Dr. King about the post-9/11 world.
Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Once again, I would like to pay tribute to Ambrose Bierce, author of the "Devil's Dictionary." In past columns, I've offered suggestions for new additions to Bierce's book of 998 definitions. Here are two more.
Posted on Aug 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
9/11 commission report disappoints victims' families by failing to lay blame for intelligence failures or address root causes of terrorism.
Posted on Aug 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Until black votes are courted – and counted – like white votes, America has a one-party system.
Posted on Aug 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
We sometimes forget to remind young people before they graduate that there are always exceptions to the rule, 'There are no such things as stupid questions.'
Posted on Jul 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Unproductive leadership and unproductive rhetoric; and anyway, don't Iraqis know how to drive trucks?
Posted on Jul 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
This idea that individuals succeed all by their lonesome is one of the biggest crocks of you-know-what in popular thought today.
Posted on Jul 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Emphasis on new millionaires ignores everyone's reliance on public resources.
Posted on Jun 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Airport hypersecurity ignores unguarded floating bombs in our ports.
Posted on Jun 21, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The resignaton of George Tenet ought to signal the start of wholesale reform of the our intelligence community.
Posted on Jun 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Amount you owe for the war in Iraq: $4,000. Make check payable to Uncle Sam's Iraq Quagmire Fund.
Posted on May 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
While the pessimist sulks and the optimist "adapts," there are those who want progressive, transformative change. Count me among the latter.
Posted on May 17, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Does America's infatuation with the Sopranos say something about us as a people?
Posted on May 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Schoolkids need a better background in finance, both to understand history and avoid repeating it.
Posted on May 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Young people of America! Credit card debt is a euphemism for volunteer debt slavery. Write it down and don't forget. You'll thank me for it one day.
Posted on Apr 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A new report shows that taxes are not being cut, they're just being shifted, and the poorest Americans are still paying the most.
Posted on Apr 21, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Scientific American reports that recent research 'strongly suggests' that, psychologically speaking, more choice is not always better than less.
Posted on Apr 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Rice steps into the lions' den to the defend the administration from Richard Clarke.
Posted on Apr 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz and President Bush are pointing to the stars as if it weren't obvious that someone has stole the tent.
Posted on Mar 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Bushenomics is drowning working-class Americans in a sea of job destruction and low wages.
Posted on Mar 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet
We live in a society in which the spirit of 'I got mine and to hell with you if you don't got yours' seems to trump everything else.
Posted on Mar 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
As Women's History Month begins, macho Machiavellism continues to dominate the world stage, from Haiti to Iraq to the (bugged) halls of the UN.
Posted on Mar 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The D.C. Youth Court offers a hopeful alternative to the juvenile justice system.
Posted on Jan 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Paying homage to America's most revered apostle of nonviolence, President Bush provided us with an interesting image of irony last week.
Posted on Jan 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In our own legal system, accomplices can be held legally responsible for their role in the commission of a crime, before and after the fact. What are the chances that'll happen in Saddam's trial?
Posted on Dec 23, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Unemployment is up, opportunities are down, and wages are in the gutter. Yet most Americans believe that those who are willing and able to work deserve decent-paying jobs.
Posted on Sep 3, 2003, Source: AlterNet
David Potorti had hoped the 9/11 report issued by the House and Senate Intelligence Committees would point fingers. But such critical thought can get you branded as un-American.
Posted on Jul 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Britain has additional sources on Iraq WMD. They won't reveal them to us but, Blair and Bush assure, they exist.
Posted on Jul 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Facing a recurring plague of cynicism, we pay homage to Ambrose Bierce and offer some new definitions for his epic work.
Posted on Jul 14, 2003, Source: AlterNet
If you make music less accessible to the people, the art will die. Or to put it in the immortal words of the godfather of soul: "Give It Up, Turn It Loose."
Posted on Jul 8, 2003, Source: AlterNet
When white people commit crimes it's widely considered to be a comment on that one individual or a comment on society. But when a black person commits a crime it's considered to be a comment on race.
Posted on Jul 1, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Bush's recent speech has been characterized as "Wilsonian idealism" by some journalists. Is there any truth to that or is it just PR gimmickry?
Posted on May 6, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The present administration is the heir to the "Reagan Revolution," in which domestic optimism about America's future and a healthy international fear of U.S. military reigns supreme.
Posted on Apr 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet
As history shows, tax cuts in a time of war could prove disastrous.
Posted on Apr 7, 2003, Source: AlterNet
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