Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 20, 2009. Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.
Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. November 13, 2009. With money, media and promotion of a conservative political agenda, a self-styled Messiah and convicted felon became a frequent guest at the White House.
Alejandro Reuss, Dollars and Sense. November 10, 2009. Whether the gears of a capitalist economy mesh or not depends on the institutional framework in which capitalist companies operate.
Jed Lewison, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009. Already, infamous for cramming conservative agendas down the throats of America's youth, some GOP blowhards are crying foul on Obama.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. September 2, 2009. Politico's Ben Smith leaves out important context in his Obama's-bad-poll-number item.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. July 6, 2009. Remember, this is the woman Republicans wanted to put a heart beat away from the Presidency. When did the GOP become so irresponsible?
Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 5, 2009. The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. April 22, 2009. An interview with Earth Day founder Denis Hayes as well as photos from the first ever Earth Day.
Thom Hartmann, Smirking Chimp. April 16, 2009. The Geithner/Summers plan seems to hinge on reinflating the debt bubble. The outcome will be inflation, a more serious crash, or both.
Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 2, 2009. There's no question that this is the battle of a lifetime.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 25, 2009. Reagan told us that government "is the problem." Clinton told us the "era of big government is over." Obama is singing a different tune.
William Kleinknecht, AlterNet. February 6, 2009. Reagan rolled back a century of progressive advances. And now we're seeing the results of his terrible policies more clearly than ever.
Will Bunch, Free Press. February 4, 2009. The Great Communicator still speaks from the Great Beyond. But he leaves out some very important details about his time in office.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2008. Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn't know, is actually rather common among the Undead.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. December 11, 2008. If tough love is good enough for financially strapped families, why have a poverty program for troubled corporations?
Ian Welsh, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 14, 2008. We cannot just ignore Bush's crimes and incompetence because Obama got elected.
David Sirota, AlterNet. October 31, 2008. The final stretch of the Presidential race has become an ideological proxy war between Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.
bmaz, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. October 30, 2008. The guy who wrote "The End of History" has figured out that Obama is history in the making.