An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America

This seething rant against right-wing extremism, by Daily Kos blogger MinistryOfTruth, is direct, confrontational, brutally honest, and necessary for the Continue reading →

Healthcare Costs Are Completely Absurd in America

Originally posted on Reason and Politics:
The chart above should have completely melted your brain by now. I’ll give you a minute…

Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy

New documents prove what was once dismissed as paranoid fantasy: totally integrated corporate-state repression of dissent. The documents, released after Continue reading →

Ohio mosque arsonist says he was under influence of Fox News

Toledo – An Indiana man convicted of setting fire to an Ohio mosque attributed his crime to the influence of Continue reading →

The NRA’s solution to Mass Shootings: Totalitarianism

In a vain attempt to preserve their corporatist protection racket, the National Rifle Association is working with right-wing groups to Continue reading →

The FCC’s sad role in Media Consolidation

Over at the Columbia Journalism Review, Steven Waldman laments that the media ownership debate is “stuck in a bit of Continue reading →

‘Come together’ breaks Washington apart

Twitter has been rather amused by Starbucks’ plan to solve the fiscal cliff by scrawling “come together” on every peppermint Continue reading →

Corporate profits hit all-time high as wages drop to record low

At $1.75 trillion, U.S. corporate profits hit an all-time high in the third quarter, accounting for 11.1 percent of the Continue reading →