Freedom Rider

Wish I'd Said That "Of course, the guy is an Obama supporter, which apparently gives him the freedom to question the motivations of...

Kudos from Floyd and Silber Aside from Black Agenda Report , my two favorite web sites are Chris Floyd's Empire Burlesque and Arthur Si...

Sami al-Haj was an al-Jazeera camera man imprisoned on Guantanamo since 2002. He was never charged with a crime, he was interrogated more th...

Wright and Obama "Almost every politician lies, and most politicians lie repeatedly. Yet in one sense, Obama's speech is exceptiona...

Sami al-Haj is Free Sami al-Haj has been freed from Guantanamo and is now in his home country, Sudan. He was a camera man for al-Jazeera w...

Oh No He Didn't "The world owes Bush a huge debt of gratitude." - Gordon Brown Watch it, if you can hold down your lunch.

Bilal Hussein is Free We have to rejoice when there is some justice in this world. Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist Bilal Hussein is n...

"Get out of that seat. You have no right to be here." Who does not have the right to testify before government representatives? I ...

Obama's Lies Nearly two weeks have passed since Barack Obama gave a speech on race. I never knew why so many people fainted, wept or saw...

Players, Not Cheerleaders "There is no question that the Bush administration has proven impervious to public pressure. That's why i...

Progressives for Obama? ". . . my foreign policy is actually a return to the traditional bipartisan realistic policy of George Bush...

Obama Praises Bush 41 and Reagan "The truth is that my foreign policy is actually a return to the traditional bipartisan realistic poli...

"His Fingerprints Are Smeared All Over The Case" Don Siegelman There is good news to start the weekend. Don Siegelman was release...

Karl got his wish. Funny! Today Don Siegelman was released pending an appeal. There is sometimes a little bit of justice after all.

Wish I'd Said That "Barack Obama had a plan. He knew that the only way a Black man could possibly stand a chance of becoming presid...

Wish I'd Said That Yesterday Glenn Greenwald had an excellent post in Salon about the media black out of foreign policy experts who opp...

Krugman and Obama Back on December 19, 2007 Talking Points Memo Election Central interviewed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Krugman...

"The United States has to not only end this war but reject war as an instrument of policy." Dennis Kucinich is probably the only m...

Saudis Prepare for Nuclear Fallout from Iran I think we can stop asking if Bush will attack Iran. This little gem was reported by the German...

Wright was Right "But the common and ordinary wisdom of Black America is inadmissible in mainstream US discourse. In the reality-defyin...