Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009. Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.
Ben Buchwalter, Mother Jones September 29, 2009. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint asking the Louisiana Bar to investigate Vitter's violation of the state's lawyerly conduct rules for his ties to prostitution.
Tony Newman, AlterNet. September 5, 2009. Now that the climate for political candidates has eased on personal drug use, we should focus on punishing elected officials who still believe in the drug war.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. February 19, 2009. When Republicans are in power "filibuster" is a dirty word, but when they're in the minority it's their favorite past time.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2009. In their own words: "Let us be clear: attack ads will not create jobs or help struggling families ..."
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 18, 2008. The self-righteous posturing coming out of DC should be tempered by recognition of the ways in which the U.S. has contributed to the crisis.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. May 19, 2008. Video: John McCain's record is something the public wants to discuss, and yet the corporate media is doing nothing to present the truth.
Aaron Glantz, AlterNet. May 2, 2008. He doesn't care if we're in Iraq for a hundred years, but when it comes to the veterans who've served over there, the senator is AWOL.
Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 29, 2008. Today, trade policy plays an important role not just in the global economy, but also here at home. It goes hand-in-hand with demands for good jobs.
Ian Williams, Comment Is Free. February 16, 2008. It's a whale of a tale: Japan's claim that the whaling industry serves a scientific purpose is hypocritical and ridiculous.
Nick Bromell, AlterNet. February 1, 2008. Deep beneath his protective sheath of psychic blubber, NYT columnist David Brooks knows that he's a fake and a failure.
Aaron Glantz, IPS News. January 18, 2008. Top Bush administration officials knew about problems like those at Walter Reed, but they had other priorities.
