It’s not really Alberto Gonzales’ fault.
President Bush’s attorney general, who long ago relinquished any thread of credibility, finally gave up his position as the nation’s top law enforcement official on Monday.
On August 31, 2005, when the first corpses began floating down the Lower 7th Ward’s byways and George W. Bush was still enjoying a Crawford vacation, blogger Kevin Drum, as is so often the case, was first across the post … Read more »
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The Electoral College should be abolished, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way.
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According to the White House’s official statement, in fact, this divergence between the vast majority of Americans and the wealthiest two tenths of one percent “is not a very interesting story.”
Do you, like me, live in one of those states where electricity has been deregulated and your utility rates have skyrocketed?
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A new documentary offers a portrait of combat and its aftermath that bears no relation to the sanitized version of war that often comes from politicians and the news media.
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DiCaprio’s 11th Hour is a powerful documentary that makes the case that our way of life is totally at odds with the sustainability of our planet.
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There was less sea ice in the Arctic on Friday than ever before on record, and the melting is continuing, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported.
A series of new studies indicate that we’re cooking our favorite planet more quickly than experts had expected.
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