If Snowden Returned to US for Trial, All Whistleblower Evidence Would Likely...
There seems to be a new talking point from government officials since a federal judge ruled NSA surveillance is likely unconstitutional last week: If Edward Snowden thinks he's a whistleblower, he...
View ArticleWhite House stays mum on troubles with election regulator
December 23, 2013This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. A Center for Public...
View ArticleThe Pope's Runner-Up... the Secretary?
Seen from the perspective of one of the planet's most timeless supranational institutions, Time magazine's selection of Pope Francis as man of the year has a compelling logic -- echoed by similar...
View ArticleCorporate America Surrenders to Russia's Anti-Gay Legislation
Years of Gaywashing Revealed; Pursuing Marketing Advantages, Not Moral Principles Russia's harsh, antediluvian, anti-gay legislation -- which the Washington Post reports "has made gay athletes and...
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The Kringlebase Incident
Ho, Ho, Holy Cow -- Santa Gets Fighter Escort On U.S. Military Site (Reuters) A U.S. military website showing Santa Claus delivering his presents while guarded by warplanes has some children's...
View Article100 Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
December 23, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed? The answer depends on whose...
View ArticleInequality: Government Is a Perp, Not a Bystander
In his speech on inequality earlier this month, President Obama proclaimed that the government could not be a bystander in the effort to reduce inequality, which he described as the defining moral...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly's War on Jesus
Maybe it is time to put Christ back in Christmas. Bill O'Reilly annually demands we acknowledge that the man, or myth, that has been moved to the center of this once pagan ritual be properly identified...
View ArticleAdvice for Young Women: Get a Union Job
Back in the days before modern feminism, a young woman looking for work might typically be advised, politely, to "learn a trade," with the implication that she wasn't bound for college or an elite...
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Bob Greene Ignores the Socialist Origins of the Pledge of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy, a Christian socialist, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892 as a critique of the rampant greed, misguided materialism, and hyper-individualism of the Gilded Age. But you'd never know...
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The Real War on Christmas: The War on the Poor
The War on Christmas is our newest holiday staple. Among the stockings and sleigh bells, Fox News and the religious right alike trot out the War on Christmas every year. They rail against the loss of...
View ArticleBoston Tea Party Still Stirs
Two hundred and forty years ago, citizens in the city of Boston, wearing Mohawk Indian costumes to disguise their identity, boarded a ship docked in the harbor and threw its cargo into the bay. They...
View ArticleQuiet Heroes Making a Difference
"...and finally tonight we bring you Making a Difference." This is a news network policy of closing an evening news program largely featuring wars, violence, and the worst of human behavior. Safe...
View ArticleA Tea Party Christmas: An Oxymoron Causing Millions to Suffer
Corporations are not people, and regulating corporations -- and our economy, so that we can all be part of a society that feeds our hungry, heals our sick, clothes our poor, and protects clean air,...
View ArticleThe Empty Seats at the Newtown Holiday Tables
It has been just over a year since Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first graders and six staff members before turning the weapon on himself. The horror was over in...
View ArticleMerry Christmas! Did You Sign Up for Obamacare, or Are You Out of Luck?
If you did not sign up for health insurance by Christmas Eve this year, you are not out of luck. You can still get insured. With all the news about the Obamacare website, the deadlines, the delays, you...
View ArticleExpecting More: Rigor and Excellence in Our Classrooms
Having been privileged enough to win championships as a professional athlete, as well as coach and mentor to some of the most gifted student athletes in basketball, I can attest to the importance of...
View ArticleThe NSA's Telephone Meta-data Program: Part I
In my last post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-r-stone/inside-the-presidents-rev_b_4485016.html I explained a bit about what it was like to serve as one of the five members of the President's...
View ArticleWhat I Wanted from Santa: He Didn't Deliver World Peace or Political Civility...
I don't expect very much from Santa Claus these days. I mean, he's been a disappointment over the years. My desires are few--power, money, and fame, that sort of thing--but he's yet to satisfy any of...
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