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Alaskan Peace Activists Decry Pentagon Spying »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 6, 2010

“There’s just no reason for them to be doing that,” says Paul Prebys, one of the founders of Alaskans for Peace & Justice. “It’s an incredible invasion of my privacy.”read more

Hillary Clinton’s Honduran Disgrace »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 5, 2010

Her shameless embrace of Honduran President Pepe Lobo puts the United States on the side of human rights abusers again.read more

Obama’s Reprehensible Rhetoric Against Single-Payer »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 3, 2010

On Wednesday, he exploited advocates of a single-payer health care system as a foil to say, in not so many words, “I’m not an extremist like they are.”read more

Toyota Disaster Demands Greater Regulation »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 3, 2010

Today, there are 75% more vehicles on the road than there were in 1980, but the number of people doing enforcement at the highway traffic safety agency has gone down by 50%. The creed of anti-regulation has cost at least 56 lives in Toyota crashes.read more

Military, Homeland Security, Spies on Planned Parenthood, Other Domestic Groups »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 1, 2010

“Having the feds investigate organizations on both sides of the abortion debate doesn't make us all safer: it simply victimizes more individuals' freedom and privacy rights.”read more

Obama Health Care Plan Falls Short »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 22, 2010

The bill says it will eliminate discrimination against children with preexisting conditions within six months of enactment, but adults will have to wait for this ban to take effect until 2014.read more

European Anarchist Has to Cancel Trip to the U.S. »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 19, 2010

“When the words ‘Travel Not Authorized’ appeared on my computer screen, I instantly thought [it was] a mistake. I applied again. It took only a few hours to receive another rejection.”read more

How Much in Danger Is Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Obama? »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 18, 2010

Why can’t a news organization tell us if its own anchors have reason to fear for their lives?read more

Obama’s Hack Move on Nuclear Power »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 17, 2010

As is his fashion, Obama justified his approval of the loan guarantees with his by-now hackneyed rhetoric about going beyond partisanship. Such rhetoric has not served him well politically so far. And now it’s fronting for a potential disaster environmentally.read more

Why Hillary Clinton Might Have Made a Better President »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 16, 2010

She knew the Republicans wouldn’t let any Democratic President “turn the page” on partisanship, and she was prepared to slug it out. But not Obama.read more

The Times Fronts for U.S. Assault on Marja »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 15, 2010

The paper wrote about it like it was the biggest battle—and most dangerous one—since the landing at Normandy. The Pentagon’s own PR department couldn’t have done any better.read more

Student Handcuffed for English-Arabic Flashcards Sues TSA, FBI  »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 10, 2010

“You know who did 9/11? Do you know what language he spoke? Do you see why these cards are suspicious?”read more

The Dangers of Sarah Palin »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 8, 2010

People are looking for answers. And Sarah Palin is providing them. They are simplistic answers. They are foolish answers. They are the wrong answers. But they have an appeal.read more

Texas Fusion Center Invites Racial Profiling, Suspects Protesters »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 6, 2010

Beware “those of Middle Eastern appearance,” as well as those “motivated by anti-war” issues, says the law enforcement group.read more

Obama, Mullen, Gates Deserve Praise for Opposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 6, 2010

History will record that in February 2010, full equality for gays and lesbians came another step closer to reality.read more

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