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Exxon – When A Company Is This Large, Freedom Takes A Backseat

April 8, 2013

Does anybody really believe it’s healthy for capitalism, and more importantly democracy, when one company hauls in a net income [...]

The Filibuster: Should Minority Party Play Obstructionist Role In Senate?

December 1, 2012

There was a great and interesting discussion on the Senate filibuster on today’s Up with Chris Hayes. Yes, I did [...]

Conservatives Don’t Like Democracy

November 21, 2012

Have you noticed when conservatives lose elections, they don’t really like democracy all that much? Many of them don’t even [...]

Voter Suppression Also Comes In The Form Of Long Lines

November 5, 2012

Since the 2010 midterm election, Republicans have deployed any and all tactics to suppress the vote for the 2012 election. [...]

Did the Nobel Prize Award Ignore the EU Elephant in the Room?

October 15, 2012

The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after they were credited with six decades of work in [...]

The ‘Free’ in ‘Free Market’

September 13, 2012

You are victim of a deception if you believe your freedom is tied to a market. #p2 #freedom #freemarket #democracy

The Founding of the United States of America and the Innocence of Youth

September 10, 2012

I sometimes reflect on the many things I took for granted as a child. — Things that I thought were [...]

5 Republican Efforts To Suppress The Vote In 2012

August 19, 2012

Everyone who believes in democracy and the right to vote, which is fundamental right in a democracy, should have a [...]

Bill Moyers: A sham for invalidating democracy in the name of democracy

July 15, 2012

Bill Moyers: Let’s see if we’ve got this right. On the one hand, conservatives declare that corporations and the super [...]

Voter ID laws exist for one reason only: disenfranchise minority voters

July 10, 2012

I’ve written about this issue frequently and I’ll continue to write about it, because the importance cannot be overstated. Republicans [...]

Video: Sen. Bernie Sanders Says U.S. Moving To Oligarchic Government

April 16, 2012

Speaking on the Senate floor on Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that the United States is moving away from [...]

Republicans Put Moral Condemnation Above Defending Democracy

March 16, 2012

As I was writing my previous article a recurring thought crossed my mind: Republicans spend much of their time condemning people’s [...]