Ethics Reversal Signals DeLay’s Isolation
Ethics committee rules changes designed to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay from investigation were reversed by the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday.
Social Security and Iraq War: Bush's Public Relations is Falling Apart
Do Bush's handlers believe that DeLay's slumping 38 percent approval rating combined with Bush's 43 percent approval adds up to 81?
Voting Irregularties in Zimbabwe Election
The Diaspora Vote Action Group (DVAG) feel that Zimbabweans all over the world have been robbed by the government in Harare which can no longer claim any legitimacy.
Surprise Guest at Social Security Rally: An Opposition Party
James Roosevelt stood on a large outdoor stage on Tuesday in a Washington, D.C., park filled with union members waving signs about Social Security. 'Every American,' he said, 'deserves what my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt laid out for them.'
Tom DeLay: No Principles – Only Arrogant Corruption
Imagine being so crooked that you have to maintain a legal defense fund that holds hundreds of thousands of dollars for years. Tom DeLay’s legal defense fund has been going for as long as he has been House majority leader.
Minuteman Project to Confront Foreign Capital
In 2005, the global economy makes people move. They are part of a migrant job market within and between all nations. These children, women and men seek jobs because of poor work opportunities at home.
Harvesting Hatred: Anti-Immigrant Racism Today
A recurring theme in US history has been periodic anti-foreign frenzy. We are now in the throes of one of these episodes, with Mexican and other Latin American immigrants being portrayed by the ultra right as the most terrifying “alien” threat.
Tom DeLay Solicited Donations with Skyboxes
Fostering a Saddam Hussein image this past weekend at the National Rifle Association annual meeting, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) waved a rifle in the air and called on his 'preferably armed' friends to help battle his enemies.
Fearing Faith in Weird Truth
With the Bush administration, I must admit: I don’t worry so much about the lies, as much as I worry about the truth – particularly when it gets “weird.”
What They Should Fight For
The world, and our little corner of it, are being made measurably less safe by the Bush Administration. Terrorism has increased, not decreased.
