Is Gov. Sarah Palin Short-changing Alaska's National Guard?
Should Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin do less campaigning and more governing? Some veterans of the Alaska National Guard returning home from the war zone may think so.
Veterans Hammer McCain, Dole in New Ads
The political action fund of VoteVets.org, a veterans advocacy organization that helps elect politicians that will support US troops and veterans' issues, released three new ads this week targeting Republican candidates for failing to side with veterans on several key issues.
Inscrutable Elections
In his book, The Opinion Makers, David W. Moore devotes his entire 4th chapter, title Inscrutable Elections, to showing how the 'polls often present a highly misleading if not outright false picture of how the candidates are faring and what voters are thinking.'
True Colors of the India-US Nuclear Deal
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill (H R 7081) that approves the 123 agreement, but which is contradictory to the assurance given by the prime minister to the nation. An identical version is before the US Senate for voting.
McCain's Health Plan: Costs More, Covers Less
John McCain is losing the health care debate. It is not just that his plan is a boondoggle for insurance companies or that it aims to demolish the employment-based health insurance system and force tens of millions of working families onto the individual insurance market.
Opinion: What This Election is About
Many readers of this publication have already decided to vote for Barack Obama. Indeed, there are several good reasons to vote for Obama, reasons resonating with leftist values.
Is this Capitalism’s End of Days?
The economic crisis continues to escalate and it is a crisis of the capitalist system as the system has devolved in the US and globally in recent decades. It is not a crisis of “Wall Street” aka the stock market or “finance” aka the banks.
Book Review: Wall Street – America’s Dream Palace
With the United States bailout package now through Congress, Steve Fraser’s extended essay Wall Street – America’s Dream Palace provided an interesting diversion from the many possible realities that may yet arise.
Does Sarah Palin Want to be an American Citizen?
Sarah Palin has real and documented connections to the Alaska Independence Party, which is far more extremist than even the most far right of the Republican Party.
Tired of High Gas Prices? Try an Electric Bike
Bicycle commuting has long been a symbol of greener living, and it is great exercise, too. But most people are probably not up to commutes much beyond five or 10 miles one-way in the interest of time and in not arriving at work too pooped (or sweaty) to pop.
