Busted
Why the Markets Can't Fix Themselves
Uber-Capitalist George Soros attacks market fudamentalism by pointing out that markets are amoral (and unstable) and therefore and that the failure to recongize this led to the recent corporate scandals.

The Blowhard Nextdoor
The folks at Spinsanity rip apart Sean Hannity's new book.

Bush's Conspiracy to Riot
Bush-Cheney Recount Committee's report to IRS implicates Bush for helping to fund the "Brook Brother's Riot" at the Miami canvassing board which caused the ballot counting to be shut down and helped Bush win the presidency.

What to do about Iraq
The the neocons are 100% right on this matter, Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan make a compelling case for regime change in Iraq. They also honestly disgusts the the risks and responsibility of an invasion.

Stroke the Rich
Bush argues for absurd capital gains cuts and even worse a ridiculous bail out for bad investors, increasing the tax deduction for bad investments.

Cooking Up A Conspiracy
Bob Novak claims that Clinton "cooked the books" in order to exgerate economic performance. In reality the data and methods used in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis are completely transparent, making the alleged manipulation impossible.

Election Jargon Sneak Peek
Have an early look of the scrare tactics that will be gracing the campaign ads this fall.

Be the first one to know that....

“There are a lot of studies, proposals, and options out there right now. Of course, it is difficult … to have an honest debate on the subject because Democrats are simply using scare tactics.”

“[t]he Republicans gave a green light to these corporate abuses,”

“I'm not going to engage in class warfare. The real issue here is opportunity."

And read an RNC handbook for House races that was accidently leaked.

Cronyism
Runkie's Place
Another link to a friends site. Go! You must.

Confidence Men
Why the myth of Republican competence persists,
despite all the evidence to the contrary.

The Colombian Civil War
A review of a book on the Colombian Civil War that digs deeper than main stream media coverage.

The Unbearable Lightness of Bush's Economic Summit
Skin Deep
Wacko In Waco
Bush's economic summit is nothing more than an echo chamber for the right, where the mantras "tax cuts" and "deregulation" are always on the lips of the faithful. But what did you expect? An honest discussion about policy?

Bush's Goal: Defy Gravity
The Administration aims to keep its approval rating in the stratosphere in spite of a sinking economy and scandal.

Bush's Tax Evasion
An article that accuses our Crony Capitalist-in-Chief of tax evasion on his dealings with Harken.

Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision
Heir Ashcroft seems to think he can strip American citizens of their constitution rights by designating them "enemy combatants" and skipping those pesky technicalities we call trials. Damn it all to hell, this looks like trouble.

Full Marx
Niall Ferugson applies the lessons of Das Kapital to the current "crisis in capitalism".

The White House's credibility problem By Arianna Huffington
A scalpel sharp expose of corporate malfeasance in the Bush Administration (lots on Halliburton ). David Brooks is right, the Democrats are looking at the perfect storm, the collision of a corporate crime wave with the most corporate administration since Reagan. Now, if only we could find a Democrat (or a turncoat, *cough*, McCain) to exploit this and bring the Democrats back to the White House. Dick and Dubya, next time you see me coming you'd better run.
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Summer Reading
I'll Be Short reviewed by the NYT
I highly recommend this book by former Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich. He is a very decent and very intelligent man and is require reading for anyone concerned about social justice in this country.

SkyBox Liberalism
Opt Out: Decline of the New Democrat
In "Skybox Liberalism" the Armed Liberal attacks hypocritical progressivism and New Republic bashes Daschle for killing a bill requiring stock options to be subtracted from profits. Damn, seems the Nation was right when it called the Majority Leader an "Enron Democrat". I hope we get Mccain for '04, he seems to be serious about reform and has rebuilt himself since the S&L looting..

Homeland Security Summer Camp
Actually it doesn't sound like a bad antipoverty program for troubled teens that need job training.

Illegal Immigrant Death Rates Rise Sharply
I've always been sympathetic to immigrants, legal or otherwise (the only crime illegal immigrants commit is trying to make a better life
for themselves and their families). We really ought to allow more legal immigration so that tragedies like this don't happen.

(More) Big Business Cronyism in the Bush Administration
Halliburton (Cheney's Old Company) to Build New Cells at Guantanamo Base
Let Me Get This Straight
Damn, bidness just rules at the Bush White House. This has to be the most crooked administration in memory, they can't stop with their hanky
panky even when the political climate demands it. Well, maybe that's a boon to us liberals and we may have our revenge yet, in 2002...and 2004.

At least 18 perish in round of bloody attacks on Israelis
Israel Strikes in West Bank
The Past few days has made it clearer that Israel is in the right, while Palestinians extremists are clearly acting in the most depraved ways. In response to the horrendous attacks against its citizens Israel has responded in a mild and measured way with no fatalities in its latest raid made by helicopter gunships. Even Kofi Annan is being more supportive (i.e. less critical) of Israel.