Author: phronesis

I’m getting tired of the Democratic excuse-machine complaining about not having the votes to overcome the war criminal Bush’s veto of any bill regarding getting our troops out of the Bush created quagmire in Iraq....

I only watched the first 4 seconds of the war crminal Bush’s speech.  I already knew the lies he was going to tell: the surge is working, he will listen to the military and do what they recommend (well okay, only the...

From AlterNet: Paul Harris’ piece asking, “Is the US Heading for ‘Developing Nations’ Inequality Levels?” drew lots of passionate comments, including this anecdote by ALANHESTER: Do you have any...

The conventional wisdom and media mantra of our political landscape since about 1980 has been that the American population is conservative, which is why the Republican Party has been the dominant party during most of that...

Noted historian of American Presidents James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn have written a book entitled The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America.  They also wrote an article for the LA Times which I...