BY KENNY BELFORD There are a number of progressive organizations that are advocating a form of punishment for Democrat members of Congress and the Senate...

BY JOE CONASON The Senate leadership’s decision to include the “public option” in its health care reform legislation seemed at first almost miraculous, especially to anyone who believed the hundreds of obituaries recited in the media over the past several months. But by acting on their convictions rather than their fears, the Democrats could ultimately […]

BY FROMA HARROP Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that’s who. Without a Federal Housing Administration willing to guarantee a $125,000-plus mortgage, this Denver-area schoolteacher’s recurring “dream of homeownership” could not come to pass. Shimon’s […]

BY SHARON MARTIN An Open Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Expendable. That’s the word that came to me when I read the headline, Mr....

BY JIM HIGHTOWER How do you spell “hypocrisy”? Try this: “H-Y-P-O-C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S.” The hypocongress consists of those Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats who have risen up on their hind legs in recent weeks to snarl and howl at any mention of a government role in meeting America’s health care needs. “Socialism,” they bark – we won’t […]