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The Key Differences Between Progressive and Liberal, and how "Liberal" Thinking Can be Part of the Problem

Without progressivism, liberalism turns the Treasury into an unlimited gift card for whichever private interests are being sponsored.

Fox is not merely a right-leaning news outlet -- it is a partisan propaganda machine.

For all the positive steps Obama's America seems poised to take, the aspirations still seem too confined by old conceptions of how things must work.

When creating D.C. myths, Washington reporters aren't interested in actual data.

Whatâ€™s fascinating about all this is the surprising revival of tactics first pioneered under Ronald Reagan.

Every patriot should be concerned about the intensifying efforts to supplant democracy with something far more authoritarian: "American czarism."

Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will "Viva Las Vegas" always be America's motto?

In our nation, presidential pooches are front-page stories. Local democracy is, at best, filler surrounding classified ads and comic strips.

What we are seeing from McCain is old-school right-wing populism: package tax cuts for the wealthy as a "gift" to regular folks.

Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.

David Sirota's new book reveals unexpected tidbit about the God Father of the Anti-Immigration Set.