Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. -Aristotle

The Devastating Consequences of the Corporate Health Insurance Bill : Legislative Trash

But now the dust is starting to settle, and the Congressional vision for health care in the U.S. is emerging. Instead of being "progressive," it will amount to a massive, corporate-inspired attack on American workers, the elderly, and the poor.

"Liberty and Justice for All": Do Most in the United States Really Support It?

Many consider it un-American for citizens of the United States to fail to stand at attention for the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag. But how true is the phrase "liberty and justice for all" that is recited as part of the pledge?

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Time is up for short-term thinking in capitalism - by Al Gore and David Blood

Why do investors and business leaders continue to focus on the short-term and ignore the fact that businesses that think long-term end up more competitive and profitable? Behavioural economists believe they have the answer: our brains are hard-wired to think short-term because ev …

Santa Claus is a Socialist European!

which shirt at Skreened makes the best holiday gift? Let me recommend this one in particular, which mocks the right wing's anti-foreigner campaign of fear, suggesting that President Barack Obama is a foreign-born socialist.

The hacked climate science email scandal that wasn't

Much is being made by those who really, really believe that there's a global conspiracy among climatologists of the emails and other documents stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.

52 Words That Shook Washington: Lebanon 'Accepts' Hezbollah's Weapons

"It is the right of the Lebanese people, Army and the (Hezbollah led—ed.)Resistance to liberate the Shebaa Farms, the Kfar Shuba Hills and the northern part of the village of Ghajar as well as to defend Lebanon and its territorial waters in the face of any enemy by all availabl …

Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards - White House initiative to limit influence could affect thousands

In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen announced that the administration no longer wanted federally-registered lobbyists appointed to agency advisory boards a …

The GOP leads the Dems in 10 different Senate races right now.

I still think the chances of Republicans regaining the Senate next year are pretty much zero but I realized today that there have now been polls showing them in the lead for ten different seats they don't currently hold, which would be good enough for a tie if they won all of the …

McCain Faces Potentially Tough Re-Election Bid, Poll Suggests

Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a Phoenix talk radio show host, is running neck to neck with Sen. John McCain in a new Rasmussen poll, even though Hayworth has not decided yet whether he will mount a challenge.

The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen

Humans are often misled by abstract nouns of their own making, and sometimes the bamboozlement can last centuries or more. Because one can say the word "justice", one might conclude that a singular thing or essence called "justice" actually exists.

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