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New Year's Resolutions To Help Make Corporate Fat Cats and Our Politicians Human Again

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. December 26, 2009.

I was working on my list of New Year's resolutions when it occurred to me that some of the people running our country could benefit from my suggestions.

Liberal Image vs. Liberal Achievements

Booman, Booman Tribune. December 11, 2009.

Though Obama's program is quite liberal, he doesn't seem to care much how it's achieved.

Has Obama Done More Than Any Other President in Their First Year?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 30, 2009.

There have been plenty of painful missed opportunities, but as first years go, this isn't bad.

No, It's not Elitist to Think the Tea-Baggers Are Idiots

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com. November 13, 2009.

Theirs isn't the justified anger of ordinary working people.

[VIDEO] Glenn Beck Compares Being a Liberal to Being an Alcoholic

deleted, AlterNet. September 23, 2009.

In a devastating interview by CBS News anchor Katie Couric, Glenn Beck says only his alcoholism allowed him to be a liberal. Then he sobered up.

Chomsky: What America's 'Crisis' Means to the Rest of the World

Noam Chomsky, Boston Review. September 10, 2009.

The way we perceive "crises" here in the U.S. is a profound symbol of how we don't understand them internationally.

Corporate Media Continue to Play to Conservative Arguments on Health Reform

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 1, 2009.

Nothing new, but worth noting how this whole effort might look with more accurate reporting.

Now Presenting A Volatile Mexico -- From the People Who Brought You the Global Financial Meltdown

Jeff Faux, The Nation. July 21, 2009.

Thanks to the people who brought you the Great Recession, the next Mexican revolution may come closer to home than you think.

The New Globalism: A Vision for America's Role in the World

Nick Bromell , John Tirman, MIT Center for International Studies. December 11, 2008.

Obama will have to recover and renew the distinctly liberal principles and values embedded in the liberal internationalist tradition.

American Liberalism Making a Come-Back

Daniel De Groot, Open Left. July 12, 2008.

Data from 1984-2006, shows a narrowing gap between cons and libs.

David Brooks: The Sloppy Hamiltonian

Amy Traub, June 8, 2007.

Amy Traub: In another dysfunctional column David Brooks gets economics, philosophy and plain old reality wrong.