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AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari |
Washington journalism is like high school. It has the same cool kids, mean girls, social rankings and the big prom—the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. But unlike what happens in high school, the insular behavior of the Washington media affects the whole nation.
Posted on May 10, 2012
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AP/Mary Altaffer |
By chance, the revelation of how Apple evades millions of dollars in taxes broke three days before May Day, when workers of the world traditionally protest such injustice.
Posted on May 1, 2012
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AP/Douglas C. Pizac |
The wealthy financiers of Americans Elect are trying to get a so-called centrist on the ballot in all 50 states. That label doesn’t apply to Anderson, who is vying for their nomination anyway and tells me “amazing things can happen.”
Posted on Apr 25, 2012
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AP/Nick Ut |
The killing of Trayvon Martin is a reminder of the racial divide poisoning American life, which has resisted all attempts to bridge it, even after the country elected its first African-American president.
Posted on Apr 17, 2012
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AP/Charles Krupa |
The pain of the Great Recession lingers, remaining a big obstacle to President Barack Obama’s hopes for re-election.
Posted on Apr 11, 2012
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AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais |
The night after President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act was being mercilessly attacked by U.S. Supreme Court conservatives, I was surprised to find a group of Obama volunteers cheerfully gathered in a nondescript office building east of Los Angeles to make phone calls for the president’s campaign.
Posted on Apr 5, 2012
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Flickr / Mark Fischer (CC-BY-SA) |
“There is an important connection, a profound connection, between that problem and liberty. And I do think it’s important that we not lose sight of that,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012
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AP / Jacquelyn Martin |
What’s a pittance for a super PAC can buy a state senator, beginning with financing a campaign and continuing support into the statehouse. These campaigns to take over state governments will grow as business sees the possibilities.
Posted on Mar 22, 2012
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AP / David Goldman |
Conservative super PACs, along with Republican presidential and congressional candidates, are aiming at President Barack Obama’s health care reform, figuring that “Obamacare” and the program’s shaky support will be a deadly weapon against Democrats facing a difficult election year.
Posted on Mar 16, 2012
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AP / Charles Dharapak |
On Super Tuesday, the most important matter facing the country was not who will win the Republican presidential nomination but whether Israel will drag the United States into a war with Iran.
Posted on Mar 7, 2012
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