By Robin Marty, Rolling Stone
The Tea Party lost standing during the shutdown. (photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP)
As the government reopens, we look at the damage for John Boehner, Ted Cruz and more
After two weeks of madness, with only … Read more »
By Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com
As Lily Tomlin has noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.”
For example, imagine if a prestigious group announced that this year’s “World Environmental Prize” will be awarded to BP … Read more »
By Mansur Gidfar, The Huffington Post
If you’ve tuned in to the media coverage of the ongoing government shutdown, you’ve probably seen or heard some variation of the following headline: “Politicians Point Fingers As Shutdown Continues.” And while there’s certainly … Read more »
By Eric Benson, New York Magazine
Former Texas congressman Dick Armey knows from shutdowns. A chief author of the “Contract with America” and a hardline general in the Gingrich Revolution, Armey was House majority leader when the Republicans faced off … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up with a spurious lawsuit; you’re both suffering from huge legal bills. Then he threatened bodily harm to your family. Now, … Read more »
By Bloomberg News
A law prohibiting fracking for shale gas has been upheld by France’s constitutional court, citing environmental protection.
rance’s constitutional court has upheld a ban on hydraulic fracturing, ruling that the law against the energy exploration technique known … Read more »
By Robert Parry, Consortium News
American pundits are missing the bigger point about the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government and the GOP’s threatened default on America’s credit. The real question is not what policy concessions the Tea Partiers may … Read more »
By Ralph Nader, Reader Supported News.
It has been over two years since the earthquake and tsunami that brought about the nuclear reactor crisis in Fukushima — the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The situation at the six … Read more »
By JUSTIN GILLIS
If greenhouse emissions continue their steady escalation, temperatures across most of the earth will rise to levels with no recorded precedent by the middle of this century, researchers said Wednesday.
Scientists from the University of Hawaii at … Read more »
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig
Before he was disgraced into resigning his presidency over the Watergate burglary scandal, Richard Nixon had successfully engineered an even more odious plot known as his Southern Strategy. The trick was devilishly simple: Appeal to the … Read more »
