Archive for the 'Democracy in Peril' Category
The 700 billion dollar bailout package that is likely to pass Congress this week is notable for several things. It is an unprecedented commitment of taxpayer revenue for a single purpose, it breaks hard with the governing free-market ideology that has dominated both parties for the past thirty years, and it grants unprecedented new powers [...]
When I talk to some of my friends about the dire situation this country is in and how our democracy has been dismantled, our rights taken away, with a press that exists to anesthetize us rather than inform us, I am invariably met with the same optimistically skeptical response. “Things aren’t that bad,” “Don’t you [...]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Journalist Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, is the most [...]
Tim Russert died today, which is front page news on all the networks and papers. My condolences to his family for the loss of a loved one. For the rest of us, I can only hope that his removal will allow a real journalist to occupy the position that he wasted for so long. Tim [...]
A massive military occupation is serious business. Checkpoints ensure that every pedestrian and motorist has state-issued ID proving he belongs there; free movement is severely restricted. Soldiers line the streets, each outfitted with a variety of guns and non-lethal weapons. Soldiers, clumped in groups of five or six are stationed on every corner and several [...]
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