Roy Ulrich, AlterNet. September 15, 2009. Obama and liberal Democrats in Congress need to remind all Americans that government has a role to play in the struggle between the people and the powerful.
Dave Lindorff, This Can't Be Happening. September 9, 2009. A few novel suggestions for how the president might use his speech before the joint session of Congress to break the health-care reform log-jam.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 8, 2009. Obama's nefarious plan for the nation's genitals? His evil designs on your children? Here are the most absurd right-wing assaults on the president -- and logic and reason.
danah boyd, AlterNet. September 3, 2009. The inequalities and divisions in society have emerged online in social networks despite the belief that everyone is connected by the Internet.
Adele Stan, AlterNet: Politics. August 31, 2009. Sarah Palin has blown off the Reagan Library and an Alaska religious right group. Will she show up for the big dough in Hong Kong?
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. June 4, 2009. "Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's."
Ray McGovern, Consortium News. May 22, 2009. Will Cheney fire his speechwriter? He clearly stated that U.S. support for Israel is one of the "true sources of resentment" for terrorists.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2009. The public has shifted in favor of government intervention in the economy to the same degree it has shifted toward Democrats.
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.
Dylan Loewe, Huffington Post. February 24, 2009. What was most impressive about his speech was the way he framed his progressive arguments to Congress.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 27, 2008. In a speech to a roaring crowd at the DNC, Hillary Clinton gave full support to Barack Obama, promising to fight for health care and the environment.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 26, 2008. Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. June 1, 2008. "Kill them." Gen. Ricardo Sanchez's memoirs contain a transcript from a bloodthirsty and over the top private speech by Bush.
Drew Westen, Huffington Post. March 21, 2008. Obama's brilliant discussion of race, class and patriotism shows substance unlike any politician in recent history.
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. October 9, 2006. I realize that foreign relations were never W's strong suit, but his public response to North Korea's nuclear test was pathetic.
