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Join the New York Times in opposing the right-wing theft of the White House in 2008Read more »
The Electoral College should be abolished, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way.Read more »
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."Read more »
Do you, like me, live in one of those states where electricity has been deregulated and your utility rates have skyrocketed?Read more »
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.Read more »
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.Read more »
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.Read more »
A series of new studies indicate that we're cooking our favorite planet more quickly than experts had expected.Read more »
The number of taxpayer-paid private contractors in Iraq, the number of bullets fired for each insurgent killed, the percentage of amputations performed on U.S. war-wounded: a compilation of numbers puts Iraq into perspective.Read more »
With Karl Rove's departure from the White House, the conventional wisdom says that it's all but over domestically and that the most the Bush administration can do now is manage the fallout from its failed Iraq adventure.Read more »
Like the proverbial hedgehog, Karl Rove knew one big thing: how to win elections as if they were divine interventions.Read more »
Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family.Read more »