by Jeff Cohen
No matter what the facts are, some liberal activists and leaders persist in seeing President Obama as a principled progressive reformer who lives and breathes the campaign rhetoric about “change you can believe in.”

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by David Swanson
Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture begin to touch it. But central to the power of an emperor, and the catastrophes that come from the existence of an emperor, is the elimination of any other force within the government. [...]

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by Dave McGill
With an 80% popularity rating and what seemed to be a “coronation” before a joint session of Congress last evening, President Obama is riding high. But at this point in his presidency, it’s purely a case of style over substance. It’s far too early for “substance” to be evaluated, and that is not [...]

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by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
It’s like watching someone being sucked down into quicksand. I’m referring to the sad, desperate struggle of the Republican Party to try to resurrect its electoral fortunes by championing the exact same policies that took them to embarrassing defeat in the Obama/Democratic landslide. By their actions, it’s plain they got [...]

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by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
I was shocked. For six years, I had been meeting secretly with the GOP mole I called “Shallow Throat”** — a high-ranking official in the Bush Administration — and each time, ST made sure to wear different wigs and scarves and dark glasses. Now, here was Shallow Throat in front [...]

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