Still no new government in Iraq
Professor Cole explains why the Iraqis have been unable to form a government since the elections. If you think it’s our fault, you’re right. So why is the United Iraqi Alliance, the coalition of Shiite...
View ArticleDoing missionary work
Chris Hayes has a pretty interesting piece up on In These Times that suggests in part that progressives should look to the example of some of the world’s fastest-growing religions and be missionaries...
View ArticleGet Your Terri Shaivo On
David Rees talks about the Terri Shaivo situation in his most recent Get Your War On strips. Here’s one of the many excellent bits: Glassy-eyed, no cognitive ability, persistent vegetative state. Poor...
View ArticleSlouching toward theocracy
This is what happens when you win the election by pandering to the religious right: Christian conservatives and a core group of congressional supporters are launching a significant new push to...
View ArticleSo, when are you leaving?
If you thought that the Iraqi people were glad to have us there now that the elections are done, you’re wrong: Edmund Sanders reports that the crowds in downtown Baghdad protesting the US troop...
View ArticleU.S. Health Care: Still in Crisis
Today Paul Krugman started a series of columns about the crappy U.S. health care system (and what can be done to fix it): Finally, the U.S. health care system is wildly inefficient. Americans tend to...
View ArticleBill Frist plays the religion card
Senator Bill Frist, the head Republican in the Senate, has decided that it’s time to play the religion card in his fight to get rid of the filibuster. As the Senate heads toward a showdown over the...
View ArticleIraq strife
Professor Cole has an excellent article [Salon day pass required] up at Salon where he discusses the strength of the insurgency in Iraq and, more importantly, the divisions that threaten to tear the...
View ArticleTransformation or just more triangulation?
Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head yet again, reminding those who have apparently forgotten the Clinton years (and ignored the Democrats in Congress during the Bush years) that Obama’s whole...
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