Month: July 2008

We currently have special ops in Iran doing whatever Bush wants them to do to hurt the Iranian regime. You know, the folks who didn’t attack us on 9/11. But when given the option of employing special ops forces to track...

the senate returns next tuesday and will once again take up the fisa legislation. there’s still a fight to be waged, and fewer and fewer people to do it. here’s a video taped message from russ feingold: All week...

The 8th Amendment of the Constitution, in its prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, holds at its core the fundamental American values of fairness, dignity, and justice.  Last week’s Supreme Court decision on...

I have no problem with Obama refusing to get into a debate on John McCain’s military record. But that doesn’t mean that Wes Clark, former NATO commander and also a “war hero” for his service in Vietnam...

Barack Obama gave a speech today in Independence, Missouri. You can read the transcript here. It was another moving, excellent performance of the kind we’ve come to expect from Obama. Apparently, we now take it for granted...