You and I, the American taxpayers, and our children, and their children are about to play our part as the suckers in the largest transfer of wealth in the world's history. What we are watching right now is the final step in Ronald Reagan's "trickle down" game of economics. Now that...

In a desperate attempt to get Osama Bin Laden before election day, the Bush administration is abandoning its previous agreement to honor Pakistan's territorial integrity and is conducting cross-border raids into Pakistan. They are also flying missile-equipped drones high above Pakistan and taking...

We all knew that Bush/Cheney/McCain/Palin were in bed with Big Oil. We just didn't know how much fun we were missing. According to the Interior Department's inspector general's office, those members of this administration responsible for collecting the billions of dollars from Big Oil for...

John McCain's acceptance speech last night was disappointing in so many ways. Of course, the narrative of his experience as a POW was compelling, last night's being the best rendition I have heard, and really defines who John McCain is: a broken warrior. This speech sounded so much more like...

I write this tonight from just outside Saint Paul, Minnesota, where the Republican National Convention kicks off tomorrow. But the real kick is winding up in the Gulf, and up here the Republicans are scrambling for shelter, desperately trying to avoid the obvious; Three years ago their President and...

As I wrote a few weeks back, the war in Iraq is essentially over for the United States. It ended, in effect, when the Iraqis asked us to leave. By the way, they want a timetable to be sure we actually get out. The Iraqis had seen the writing on the wall, with many Americans, notably Barack Obama, getting...

It's too patently Rovian not to consider it. If anyone has heard any plausible explanation as to why Georgia decided to provoke the Russian bear during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games, please let me know. I am sure that most Americans were too mesmerized by the Olympic events to pay any...

A new Rand Corporation study concludes that the Bush administration's "war on terror" was essentially ill-conceived and wholly ineffective at preventing terrorist violence. In fact, it has been counterproductive and the study urges a "fundamental rethinking" of counterterrorism...

- UPDATE below - [ Apologies to all you Fox News types for such a long post. Some subjects actually require of a bit of thought and analysis. ] John McCain, desperate Republicans, and apparently right-wing radio think they have found an issue that works for them - Did you support "The Surge"...

The endorsement by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Senator Barack Obama's proposed 16-month timeline for the withdrawal of the bulk of American troops has significance well beyond its positive effect on his campaign. Obviously, it demonstrates that Obama's instincts and advisers are more...