To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
On Our Highest Court, A Former Lobbyist Guts Campaign Finance Reform
BY JOE CONASON For a large and bipartisan majority of Americans, the increasing power of money in politics is deeply troubling. But not for the conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court, whose members appear to regard the dollar’s domination of democracy as an inevitable consequence of constitutional freedom – and anyway, not a […]
All Sheldon Adelson Wants
BY FROMA HARROP There is something truly spectacular about Sheldon Adelson. Witness the parade of Republican supplicants paying tribute in his Las Vegas lair. They would include Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. What’s remarkable is not the aesthetics of possible presidential […]
Let’s Re-fund America
BY JIM HIGHTOWER The powerhouses of Wall Street have tunneled directly into the cloistered backrooms of Washington deal making, extracting trillions of dollars worth of government bailouts, special tax breaks and regulatory favors every year. Yet, in a stupefying act of hypocrisy, they have also been the major force pushing policymakers to embrace extreme laissez-faire […]
The Abortion Fight, 40 Years Later
BY SUSAN ESTRICH It has been more than 40 years since the United States Supreme Court held in Roe v. Wade that a woman, in consultation with her physician, has the right to decide whether to have a child in the early months of pregnancy. In the years since, the Supreme Court repeatedly has rejected […]
In Midterm Campaign, Bill Clinton Urges Democrats to Embrace Health Care Reform
BY JOE CONASON Defending the Affordable Care Act in his memorable nominating speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton did as he often advises his party’s elected officials: Don’t run away from the argument; confront it directly instead. During his own political career, the former president has done both. “When the president asked […]
