Apr 09,2006
Big business v. low taxes
Why big business is as responsible for higher taxes as ted Kennedy.
Mar 26,2006
Shhh… Don’t mention the gulag
Lost in last weekend's hubbub over the three year anniversary of the Iraq war was an anniversary from the Western hemisphere. March 18 marked the third year since the Cuban...
Mar 12,2006
Ethanol is good, except when it’s not
President Bush has been quoted as saying, "in Texas, we don't do nuance." But on the issue of ethanol, the Bush administration does so much nuance that they manage to...
Feb 26,2006
Man of Godlessness
'Unlike Jerry Falwell and the others, I don't think I'm the only source of wisdom out there,' says Reverend Barry Lynn. 'I don't think it's my obligation to pop off...
Feb 12,2006
The top ten reasons to cut corporate welfare
The federal budget is too big. It's way too big. George W. Bush has called for total spending this year of $2.47 trillion. Here's why corporate welfare should be the...
Jan 22,2006
Our miserly uncle
The federal government owns 29.6 percent of the land in the U.S. But this land is hardly public; Uncle Sam likes to keep it fenced in.