Down the Rabbit Hole: The Obama Administration’s Version of Transparency
As soon as Judge Denise Lind’s ruling in the pre-trial punishment motion for Bradley Manning came out, the ironies began …
Category Archives: Obama
The Whistleblower Protection Act: Which ‘Disinterested Observer’ Gets to Decide?*
Update (below). Yesterday, POTUS signed a touted “Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act” which was passed unanimously by the Senate. Relatively short, …
Post-Election Day 2012: The Good Guys Won, but Did Progressives?
Update I & II & III: Below Well, here we are. On the other side of that Great American (non)Test. …
The Progressive Retreat from Obama: Who is to Blame?
As you may be aware, Matt Stoller’s most recent Salon column and other progressive critical perspectives, including my own, have …
Democratic Accomplishments At Home since 2008
Slightly updated version In my earlier post on White Privilege (which you should read before reading this), I argue that …
White Privilege, American Privilege: Does It Make Sense to Be More Concerned with Rights at “Home”?
Updated Version I love how white folks are going around deploying “white privilege” pejoratively at this particular moment, 6 weeks …
John Knefel: Adnan Latif Wrote to his Lawyer About Why He Wanted to End His Life
This article is reblogged from Alternet.org. It is a must-read and sheds more light on the needless and groundless circumstances …
John Cusack & Jonathan Turley on Obama's Constitution:
Reblogged from SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER: Editor’s Note from Shannyn Moore: Read This. ***************************** By John Cusack …
Election Year Redux
When it rains…2 posts on Translation Exercises on the same day! This one, by me, follows on the heels of …
Abdulmutallab, POTUS, and Al-Awlaki: NPR Stenographers and Post-Assassination Apologias
Yesterday, a US judge sentenced Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to life in prison without parole for eight felony counts, including attempted …
LGBTQ Young People of Color Mic Check
Clearly, these young folks get it: they understand the importance of transracial, transnational, solidarity. And they make clear that they …
Progressives, Truth-telling, and Human Rights Issues
Revised version: Thanks to Glenn Greenwald’s mentions of my Jan. 6 post on this site, and thanks to the readers …
Pollitt’s Perplexity about Pundits on Ron Paul
Revised: It may be time to stop reading the Nation even earlier than March of this election year. Katha Pollitt …
Voting Model #1 cont’d: “They’re so interesting…I would love to have dinner with them” vote
A friend told me the other night that her mother voted for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter in the 1980 …
