The "bipartisan" telecom immunity bill is about to be made law. It contains a specific provision granting amnesty to the telecoms which has been titled ""Protection of Persons Assisting the Government." How bad is this new law? That depends on how badly you prefer that Courts be open and accessible…
Amy Goodman recently interviewed Ralph Nader at DemocracyNow. Nader was not sold on Obama: Barack Obama really now has to be examined very carefully. He has worn out the word “change.†We now want to know what change is involved. And it’s quite clear that he is a corporate candidate…
It's the political season and there are a lot of bad arguments being made these days. There are plenty of non sequiturs, red herrings, ad hominem attacks and ex hominem attacks. It is the season when we vividly see that there is no such thing as pure reason. Instead, cognition…
Why, we all wonder, is America alone among the "First World Nations" to have such a high proportion of science-denying religionists, and even in high offices? According to Gregory Paul and Phil Zuckerman in Why the Gods Are Not Winning (that I found via this summary by Pharyngula) religiosity is…
Jeffrey Klein has made a compelling case that there is something McCain is not telling us about his military service or, rather, that he is not being forthright about some of the claims he is making.  Since McCain has made this campaign about character, let's talk about character. Let's start…