Feinstein vs. CIA Fight Points Up Need for A New 'Church Committee'
This week we have seen a dramatic break in what till now has seemed the united front between Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein and the intelligence community. Feinstein has backed...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis Shows Weak Link in U.S. Space Program
The crisis in Ukraine has rightfully captured the world's attention over the past few weeks. There's been no shortage of commentary about the implications of this crisis from many angles, including the...
View ArticleCommon Core and the Holocaust
The reading list for the New York State Common Core English/Language Arts curriculum looks like someone took a handful of darts and threw them at a wall with boxes labeled with different grade levels....
View ArticleMake Hard Work Pay -- Again
One of our country’s most cherished values is the idea that if you work hard you can get ahead, be part of the middle class, raise a family comfortably, and ensure your children will do better than you...
View ArticleTime for Full Disclosure of CIA Interrogations
It is too early to tell exactly what has transpired between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA regarding the Committee's investigation of the post-9/11 CIA interrogation program for captured...
View ArticleThe Trial of Bin Laden's Son-in-Law and Why Not to Torture a Terrorist
Sniping between lawmakers and the CIA over a report on the U.S. torture of terror suspects reached a fever pitch this week, as Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on her intelligence...
View ArticleOf Secrecy and Punishment
In the United States, we have few qualms about imposing punishment on those convicted of a crime. We prefer, however, not to see what punishment looks like. Those found guilty serve out their time...
View ArticleThe Rohingya Crisis: Finding a Way Forward
Eighteen months have passed since sectarian violence pushed some 140,000 stateless Rohingyas into a series of camps around Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar. And yet the scars of the...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Quietly Fold to Allow Senator McConnell to Repeal Portion of...
Meanwhile Senator McConnell Continues to Block All Campaign Finance Reform Measures, Including the Essential DISCLOSE Act. Senate Democrats Tuesday quietly folded to allow Senate Republican Leader...
View ArticlePutting People First: The Yellen Era Begins at the Fed
Last week, at her ceremonial swearing in at the imposing atrium of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., Janet Yellen gave a remarkable speech. Short -- less than three pages double-spaced --...
View ArticleIs it Good for America to Only do What's Good for Business?
Opponents to President Obama's efforts to put millions of dollars in the pockets of people who've been working overtime for no pay want you to worry about business again. Conservative business groups...
View ArticleHey Sheryl: Lean On This
In 2011, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of Lean In, the handbook du jour of women's empowerment, exhorted the graduates of Barnard College to change the world. "You are the promise for a more...
View ArticleWhat a Destructive Wall Street Owes Young Americans
Wall Street's big banks and their financial networks that collapsed the U.S. economy in 2008-2009 were saved with huge bailouts by the taxpayers, but these Wall Street gamblers are still paid huge...
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A Fun Way to Fight Goldman Sachs and Other Wall Street Banks
"[Goldman Sachs] is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." -- Rolling Stone Reporter Matt Taibbi Goldman...
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Friday Talking Points -- Happy Pi Day!
Today is 3/14, therefore a happy Pi Day to all! Next year will be even more fun, though, since it'll be 3/14/15... Moving right along... a lot happened in the world of politics this week, including...
View ArticleKerry and Lavrov: The London Sessions (Secret Transcript)
Kerry: Hello, Sergey. How are you? Lavrov: Good, John. You? Kerry: Fine, fine. How was your flight? Lavrov: Nice. It's a short hop from Moscow. You know, John, I've always wanted to ask you: Do you...
View ArticleObama Endangers Dems
As Democrats smart from the loss of a special election in Florida because of the unpopularity of President Obama, the CIA under his administration is accused of spying on the Intelligence Committee of...
View ArticleGod and Morality: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Ah for every one step forward two steps backward. The Pew Research Center just published a survey conducted in 40 countries demonstrating that many people in the world still hold onto the idea that one...
View ArticleRefocusing Humanitarian Aid in Syria
The ongoing conflict in Syria has stretched into its fourth year, and the regional humanitarian crisis shows little signs of improvement. The United States must do more to ensure that its aid is...
View ArticleObama's "Undignified"? Here's What's Undignified!
Your call: Obama sitting "Between Two Ferns"? Or Republicans standing for...?
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