No, Obama Is Not ‘Worse Than Bush’ on National Security
My Monday column: Just when I thought it was safe to carry on a conversation on the left about various Obama administration policies, the phrases “same as Bush” or “worse than Bush” have skulked back...
View ArticleFrustrating Poll of the Day
Ugh. A majority of voters believe President Obama has been no better than his immediate predecessor, President George W. Bush, when it comes to balancing national security with the protection of civil...
View ArticleTed Nugent Accuses Liberals of Hypocrisy on Drones
Nugent in his new Wingnut Daily column: Imagine for a moment if the tables were turned and a Republican president had issued an order that permitted the killing of American citizens with drones. The...
View ArticleI Evidently Have to Scream ‘Baby Killer!’ or I’m an Obamabot
My Monday column begins like so: The harshest critics of my column, “No, President Obama Is Not ‘Worse Than Bush’ on National Security,” posted both here at The Daily Banter and on The Huffington Post,...
View ArticleAn Under-the-Radar Victory for Due Process in the War on Terror
My Tuesday column: As I’m sure you’re aware by now, the usual suspects are engaged in a group freakout over the president’s lack of consideration for civil liberties in the war on terrorism so much so...
View ArticleGreenwald: ‘Drone Apologists’ and ‘Democratic Partisans’ Are Racists
My Tuesday column. Once again into the fray: Glenn Greenwald’s ongoing crusade against anyone who dares to see nuance in the debate over targeted killings and the war on terrorism has risen to a...
View ArticleAlex Jones’ Latest: Obama is the Leader of Al-Qaida
My Thursday column: Remember the days when there were three television networks, when you could fill up your gas tank for $15 and when Guy Fieri was just a homophobic, talentless, annoyingly “stoked”...
View ArticleQuote of the Week
“I intend to engage Congress about the existing Authorization to Use Military Force, or AUMF, to determine how we can continue to fight terrorism without keeping America on a perpetual wartime footing....
View ArticleEternal War-Justifying Deliciousness
Stephen Colbert mocks the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and makes it “short enough to tweet” at the behest of Senator Lindsey Graham. As Madison wrote in Article 3 “Yippee-ki-yay...
View ArticleRumsfeld: President Obama’s Allegiance to America is a Known Unknown
The grandson of President Jimmy Carter has struck again, and this time it’s former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld who was caught on camera saying that he “can’t tell” if President Obama has...
View ArticleCongress Votes Against Closing Gitmo. Again. And Again
Around this time every year the subject of Guantanamo Bay comes up and every year since President Obama took office Congress has voted against closing the prison. This year is no different. The...
View ArticleI Evidently Have to Scream ‘Baby Killer!’ or I’m an Obamabot
My Monday column begins like so: The harshest critics of my column, “No, President Obama Is Not ‘Worse Than Bush’ on National Security,” posted both here at The Daily Banter and on The Huffington Post,...
View ArticleAn Under-the-Radar Victory for Due Process in the War on Terror
My Tuesday column: As I’m sure you’re aware by now, the usual suspects are engaged in a group freakout over the president’s lack of consideration for civil liberties in the war on terrorism so much so...
View ArticleGreenwald: ‘Drone Apologists’ and ‘Democratic Partisans’ Are Racists
My Tuesday column. Once again into the fray: Glenn Greenwald’s ongoing crusade against anyone who dares to see nuance in the debate over targeted killings and the war on terrorism has risen to a...
View ArticleAlex Jones’ Latest: Obama is the Leader of Al-Qaida
My Thursday column: Remember the days when there were three television networks, when you could fill up your gas tank for $15 and when Guy Fieri was just a homophobic, talentless, annoyingly “stoked”...
View ArticleQuote of the Week
“I intend to engage Congress about the existing Authorization to Use Military Force, or AUMF, to determine how we can continue to fight terrorism without keeping America on a perpetual wartime footing....
View ArticleEternal War-Justifying Deliciousness
Stephen Colbert mocks the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and makes it “short enough to tweet” at the behest of Senator Lindsey Graham. As Madison wrote in Article 3 “Yippee-ki-yay...
View ArticleRumsfeld: President Obama’s Allegiance to America is a Known Unknown
The grandson of President Jimmy Carter has struck again, and this time it’s former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld who was caught on camera saying that he “can’t tell” if President Obama has...
View ArticleCongress Votes Against Closing Gitmo. Again. And Again
Around this time every year the subject of Guantanamo Bay comes up and every year since President Obama took office Congress has voted against closing the prison. This year is no different. The...
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