"The biggest political joke in America is that we have a liberal press. It's a joke taken seriously by a surprisingly large number of people ... The myth of the liberal press has served as a political weapon for conservative and right-wing forces eager to discourage critical coverage of government and corporate power ... Americans now have the ( Read more... )

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Why History is RelevantBy Molly Ivins, AlterNet ( Read more... )

Polls Show Nov. 2 Race Even as Bush Bounce FadesBy John Whitesides, Political Correspondent ( Read more... )

I'm having a harder and harder time lately with the idea of eating meat. I'm not really sure where it comes from. I was practically raised next to a barbeque, and the aroma of an open grill in the summertime still makes my mouth water. Meat often sounds appetizing to me when I'm really hungry, but lately I order a steak or a burger only to take ( Read more... )

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"I do not believe the wicked always win. I believe our despair is a lie we are telling ourselves. In many other periods of history, people, ordinary citizens, routinely set aside hours, days, time in their lives for doing the work of politics, some of which is glam and revolutionary and some of which is dull and electoral and tedious and not ( Read more... )

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