Opinion

Starving Gaza

Aug 20, 2007
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel and the U.S. are making a ghetto out of Gaza, hoping that cutting the territory off from the rest of the world will weaken democratically elected Hamas. They are wrong, and the innocent people of the Gaza Strip are paying the price.
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Kos vs. Colbert

Aug 17, 2007
DailyKos proprietor Markos Moulitsas joins Stephen Colbert to defend his super popular blog, which "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly compared to the work of the KKK and the Nazis.

Jon Stewart to William Kristol: Why Should We Trust You?

Aug 15, 2007
The "Daily Show" host challenges proto-hawk and champion name-caller William Kristol on the vitriol of Iraq war enthusiasts: "But you said Sunni and Shia would get along You've said a lot of things that, if we went back and picked through, I could say to you -- should I call you terrible names? No, of course not You're just a simple fellow who devised a plan that the president executed  ".

Hillary Pushes the Button

Aug 15, 2007
What in the world was Sen. Hillary Clinton thinking when she attacked Sen. Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in going after Osama bin Laden? And why aren't her supporters more concerned about yet another egregious example of Clinton's consistent backing for the mindless militarism that is dragging this nation to ruin?

You Have No Rights

Aug 14, 2007
Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive and author of "You Have No Rights," explains how our president became a "medieval king," and why your civil liberties are in greater danger than ever.