Author: danps

It wasn’t too long ago that the right loved to mention how they were the ones with ideas and all liberals had to offer was obstructionism.  During the Social Security debate in 2005 it seemed to reach its apogee....

Last week I wrote about the back and forth between Glenn Greenwald and Colonel Steven A. Boylan, spokesman for General David Petraeus.  Boylan disputed authorship of the initial email and the dispute took off from there....

There appears to be an effort underway to turn the military into a wholly owned subsidiary of the President’s messaging machine.  If that is the case the military has to decide if it places the him above the...

The Democrats in Congress capitulated on the Iraq war in the spring and surrendered on FISA in the summer.  The upcoming permanent FISA reauthorization debate may be their last chance to show leadership. For more on pruning...

The latest wave of corporate malfeasance has arrived, but this time it’s about more than simple greed – and the response may be a whitewash instead of reform.   For more on pruning back executive power see The...