Worldview: Domestic Articles: 2008
by A Concerned Citizen
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Revised 26 August 2008
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Politics: Big Picture
Worldview Blog: How Bill Clinton Betrayed the Democrats
NYT: War Taking Back Seat to Domestic Issues
Alternet: Democracy Now! is a relief from corporate news B.S.
John Pilger: The Danse Macabre of US-Style Democracy
Jim Hightower: We're mad as hell and the Dems aren't listening
Robert Weissman: Big Business is even more unpopular than you think
WT: Nader blasts Bill Clinton's Legacy
Politics: Presidential Campaign
Worldview Blog: Presidential Campaign Blather
Worldview Blog: Presidential Frontrunners and Human Rights
Alternet: Dennis Kucinich on the Democratic Party
Alternet: How to rig an election
George Packer: The Choice: Clinton vs. Obama
Joe Conason: That Dismal Democratic Debate
Obama wins S. Carolina and Ted Kennedy's endorsement
NOW-NY: Kennedy's endorsement the 'ultimate betrayal' of women
Christopher Hitchens: No surprise Clintons are playing the race card
Economics
Robert Samuelson: Can we cure our 'house lust'?
Eric Margolis: The Greed Stampede
Doug Henwood on Robert Kuttner's The Squandering of America
Larry Beinhart: The Fraud of Bushenomics
Bill Moyers: David Cay Johnston on Free Lunch for the Rich
Paul Krugman: Debunking the Reagan Myth
Chalmers Johnson: The debt crisis is now our greatest threat
Robert Scheer: Who will take on the banks?
Paul Craig Roberts: Farewell to old economic nostrums
Civil Rights
Alternet: Would new bill make YOU a terrorist?
Andy Worthington: Padilla's Shocking Sentence
Paul Craig Roberts: American Liberty Teetering on Edge of Abyss
Charlie Savage: Bush Iraq plan unprecedented; no OK from Congress
Glenn Greenwald: The Senate's FISA Filibuster Vote
Naomi Wolf: It's Time to Hold Democratic House Leaders in Contempt
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Worldview Blog: Some Thoughts on the Distribution of Wealth
Worldview Blog: Global Warming Hype
Glenn Hurowitz: What the Hell Are Democrats So Afraid of?
Sara Robinson: Seven Steps to Revolution
Justin Raimondo: The Year of the Insurgents
Worldview Blog: Obama is much better than Hillary or McCain
Worldview Blog: How McCain Might Win
Worldview Blog: Obama Can Win on National Security
Gerard Baker: McCain's amazing bloodless coup
Peter Wehner: Why Republicans Like Obama
Elsevier: Brown voters do not want a black in the White House
Eric Margolis: The Republicans may still hold on to power
Robert Parry: Where Would Obama Take the Nation?
Counterpunch: Super Tuesday's Vote for Chaos
Pat Buchanan: McCain will make Cheney look like Gandhi
George Will: Will Dems commit suicide by nominating Hillary?
Marie Cocco: Clinton's Pragmatic Appeal
Peggy Noonan: Obama tougher to defeat than Hillary
Peggy Noonan: Confidence or Derangement?
Roberto Lovato: Dem Latino Vote Is No One's Big Enchilada
David Sirota: The Democrats' Class War
Dick Morris: I predict Obama will be the Democratic nominee
Sean Gonsalves: Hillary Clinton's Superdelegate 'Firewall'
NY Magazine: Hillary's bleak outlook
Ximena Ortiz: Inside Track: Close-Up on Clinton
Ximena Ortiz: Inside Track: Close-Up on Obama
Robert Parry: How far will the Clintons go?
Robert Parry: Explaining our view on Clinton-Obama
NYT: Obama robbed of votes in NY
The Nation: Obama's dramatic Wisconsin win
Ron Fournier: Panic Button Time for Hillary!
Dick Moris: Hillary on the Rocks
AP Survey: Superdelegates jump to Obama
Alexander Cockburn: Mushrooming clouds hang over McCain
Alternet: Obama's line on lobbyists is misleading
Robert Parry: Why the war on Obama
Newsweek: Hillary pulls the Israel card on Obama
Eleanor Clift: A visitor to Clinton HQ sees signs of serious trouble
Alternet: 10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted
Paul Krugman: Only Hillary can achieve UHC
Michael Klare: How Oil Burst the American Bubble
Paul Krugman: Don't rerun Carter years
Paul Craig Roberts: Obama and Global Trade
Robert Parry: G.W. Bush Is a Criminal, Like His Dad
Doug Bandow: Review of The Terror Presidency
Alternet: Welcome to America ... You're Under Arrest
Alternet: 'In God We Trust' will have prominence on new coin
Bruce Fein: Torture exonerated?
Paul Craig Roberts: Protecting America — From the President
Worldview Blog: Michael Moore, Sicko and the USA
Sara Robinson: What we can learn from conservatives about winning
Don Santina: Pelosi and the Politics of Collaboration
Charley Reese: Rules of Citizenship
Robert Borosage: A Sea-Change Election?
Worldview Blog: Obama should shout: Hillary = War + NAFTA
Worldview Blog: More Presidential Campaign Follies
Alternet: A liberal spies on a major right-wing gathering
Andrew Sullivan: Obama Plus and Minus
Pam Martens: Obama's Money Cartel
Jonathan Alter: Hillary's New Math Problem
Marie Cocco: Obama, not Clinton, faces tough math
Harold Meyerson: Where's the Exit Strategy?
Lisa Pease: Guess What? Obama Is Winning Texas
Gregory Blachier: Why Obama Won Texas
Justin Raimondo: Confessions of an Obama Cultist
Bruce Fein: A 'change' election?
Jonathan Martin: Hillary's Scotch-Irish advantage
Joann Wypijewski: The Only Way to Fight the Clintons
Robert Parry: Clinton's Up-Is-Down World
Maureen Dowd: The Monster Mash
David Sirota: Hope in the time of NAFTA
Eric Alterman: (Some) Jews against Obama
Katha Pollitt: Ralph Rides Again
Dick Morris: It's over, Hillary
Ira Chernus: Many Americans against war prefer McCain
Cliff Schecter: Top 10 craziest things John McCain has said
Ira Chernus: Hillary Flirting With Fear
Stephen Pizzo: Hillary's Campaign Slime
Ari Berman: Media repeats Obama lies
BBC: Obama spurns pastor's 9/11 jibe
Obama in his own words: Response to Reverend Wright
Bill Clinton: Hillary, McCain the candidates 'Who love this country'
Obama Aide: Bill Clinton is like Joe McCarthy
Eleanor Clift: Is Obama American enough?
Maureen Dowd: Haunting Obama's Dreams
David Brooks: Hillary's Long Defeat
Robert Parry: Why Is Hillary Clinton Lying?
Video: Hannity vs Kemp on Obama
Doug Kmiec: I'm endorsing Obama
Andrew Bacevich: I'm endorsing Obama
Uri Avnery: I'm endorsing Obama
Electric Politics: Ha-Joon Chang on the myth of free trade (audio)
Paul Craig Roberts: How to end the subprime crisis
Paul Craig Roberts: 'Free market' zealots bring disaster to America
Alternet: The truth about boomers and the economy
David Macaray: Common myths about labor unions
Paul Krugman: Why a federal bailout is inevitable
John Nichols: Clinton lie kills her credibility on trade policy
The Independent: Wall Street fears for next Great Depression
Paul Krugman: Partying like it's 1929
Alexander Cockburn: Three neoliberals for president
David Bromwich: Guantanamo Justice
Paul Craig Roberts: Going to jail for being a Democrat
Rabbi Michael Lerner: Spitzer & America's Perverse Ethics
Robert Scheer: Spitzer's Shame Is Wall Street's Gain
Video: Incarcerex: It's Time for a New Bottom Line
John Gorenfeld: Who Is Rev. Moon?
Bernard Chazelle: The case for a new progressive creed
Chris Hedges: The Left has lost its way
Fareed Zakaria: The future of American power
Paul Craig Roberts: The fading American economy
Worldview Blog: Pathological Campaign Idiocy
Jim Lobe: New lobby seeks to redefine 'Pro-Israel'
AP: Obama campaign: McCain not a 'warmonger'
Doug Bandow: Inconvenient truths about John McCain
Alexander Cockburn: Is McCain a phony war hero?
Time: Clintons make $109 million since leaving White House
Salon: If the system made sense, Clinton would be far ahead
Dick Morris: Obama's weakness is weakness
John V. Walsh: Why Obama lost Massachusetts
Ed Kilgore: Obama's 'gaffe' and his critics
Joe Conason: Whose elitism is worse?
ABC decides top issues are flag pins and '60s radicals
Obama answers idiotic ABC question with maturity
Hendrik Hertzberg: ABC debate was akin to a federal crime
Bill Kristol: Obama is a Marxist
Camille Paglia: Why women shouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton
Norman Solomon: Party like it's 1932: The Obama option
Dick Morris: Hillary's PA win: Too little, too late
Alex Cockburn: Hillary has seriously wounded Obama
John Judis: The next McGovern?
Andrew Sullivan: The near-triumph of Rovism
NYT: Democrats assess rivals' strength in swing states
Froma Harrop: Osama crashes the Democratic party
Mike Lupica: Why Hillary is still eating Obama's dust
Dick Morris: Rev. Wright is Obama's Opportunity
John Nichols: The problem is not Reverend Wright
Politico: Majority of Hill backs Obama
Chris Hedges: Corporate America loves Obama
Reuters: 59% of doctors support UHC
The myth of boomers bankrupting our healthcare system
Amy Goodman: The Single-Payer Solution
Philippe Legrain: 5 Myths about NAFTA
Mark Engler: The Democrats 'Free Trade' Divide
Michael Hudson: A trillion dollar rescue for Wall Street gamblers
Steven Malanga: The rich and their taxes
Chalmers Johnson: The pentagon strangles our economy
Ruth Conniff: Torturers in the White House: Story ignored
ABC News: Bush aware of advisers' interrogation methods
Ivan Eland: Yoo-surping power for the executive
Michael Winship: John Yoo's tortured explanations
Glenn Greenwald: John Yoo: Spearhead or Scapegoat?
David R. Henderson: John Yoo's dilemma
DN: Telecom whistleblower discovers secret circuit
Mark Steyn: Attack of the preschool perverts
James Bovard: Congress quietly repeals martial law provision
Glenn Greenwald: McArdle's and Drezner's defense of the media
Bill Moyers: Democracy in America: We may be running out of luck
Chalmers Johnson: Our 'Managed Democracy'
George Packer: The fall of conservatism
Ariana Huffington: How the lunatic fringe hijacked America
John Pilger: After Bobby Kennedy (there was Barack Obama)
Quin Hillyer: Hillary no friend of working class
AP: Clinton DNC chairman switches to Oabama
Stephen Zunes: The Clinton smear campaign against Obama
Stephen Zunes: The 2008 Presidential Race: A 1972 Redux?
Pam Martens: Obama's links to Wall Street predators
IHT: Pundits declare the race over: Obama wins
MSNBC Video: Tim Russert declares Obama the nominee
Huffington Post: Obama victorious in NC, Clinton on the ropes
John Dickerson: Obama wins split decision
Brent Budowsky: The night the old politics died
NY Daily News: Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit
Justin Raimondo: Why isn't NC the end of Hillary?
NYT: Clinton touts white support
CNN: Harvey Weinstein pressures Pelosi over Hillary
Andrew Sullivan: Example of McCain's slime
Taylor Marsh: A Hillary supporter attacks Obama
David Lindorff: Team Clinton: Going down ugly
Peggy Noonan: Damsel of Distress
WSJ: The Clintons and Democrats divorce
Ari Berman: Clinton's Post-Mortem
Daily Kos: Why Clinton Lost: It's the war, stupid!
Susan Estrich: Could Obama be another Dukakis?
Bob Herbert: Examples of Clinton tackiness
Salon: Will Jews cost Obama the White House?
Glenn Greenwald: Obama guilty of insufficient devotion to Israel?
Jeffrey St. Clair: The Gothic Politics of Hillary Clinton
Michael Goodwin: Hillary's RFK gaffe: X-ray of a dark soul
Alex Cockburn: Death-wish Hillary primes Manchurian candidate
Vijay Prashad: The revelation of Bill Clinton
David Green: Why I’m (increasingly) kinda fonda Obama
Matthew Norman: Has McClellan handed victory to Obama?
Steve Fraiser: With this Gilded Age, nobody fights back
Robert Weissman: Pharmaceutical payola — Drug marketing to doctors
David Ranson: You can't soak the rich
Dr. Susan Block: A Washington witch hanging
BloggingHeads TV: The Family: A spooky, right-wing, Christian 'mafia'
Huffington Post: Jim Webb speaks out on race and poor whites
Vijay Prashad: Racist grammar: Southern strategy redux
Alexander Cockburn: The worst is yet to come
Justin Raimondo: The welfare-warfare state
SF Gate: House approves $162 billion war-spending bill
Robert Lopez: A nine-day search for Bush's America (2004)
Robert Lopez: How white liberals became a new racial minority (2004)
Robert Lopez: What's wrong with antiwar rhetoric (2003)
Bill Kristol at AIPAC: Obama and McCain 'don't actually differ' on Iran
Huffington Post: Obama's Nomination Victory Speech In St. Paul
Maureen Dowd: She's still here!
Dick Morris: No menage-a-trois for Obama
Times Online: The A-Z of Barack Obama (via Hugh Hewitt)
Alexander Cockburn: Obama goes over the top
Pat Buchanan: How Obama won — and may win
Michael Crowley: What undid Hillary Clinton
Robert Parry: Make no mistake: McCain's a neocon
John Pilger: Obama is a truly democratic expansionist
Michael Tomasky: Can Obama defend America?
John Nichols: Obama goes soft on free trade
Naomi Klein: Obama’s Chicago Boys
BBC: Obama reverses financing pledge
IHT: Obama tightens control of image and access
Vijay Prashad: Obama's genuflections
Mona Charen: Ooooh, the new Obama politics!
Robert Oscar Lopez: Brownout in Black Camelot
Paul Craig Roberts & Lawrence M. Stratton: Legislating Tyranny
Glenn Greenwald: Democrats capitulate on FISA (audio)
Glenn Greenwald: Dems give Bush more powers
Glenn Greenwald: The British vs. the US right
Robert Parry: Democrats legalize Bush’s crimes
HP: Obama backs bill giving immunity to telecoms
Glenn Greenwald: John Yoo’s ongoing falsehoods
Paul Craig Roberts: John Yoo, Totalitarian
Joe Bageant: Tragic traps: Our justice system
Paul Craig Roberts: Why oil prices are so high
Ralph Nader: Why won't corporations take on Big Oil?
Justin Raimondo: Tim Russert was War Party's sounding board
Stephen Lendman: BBC: Imperial tool
Worldview Blog: Obama and Dems Cave on FISA
Worldview Blog: Establishment Lies About US Public Opinion
Worldview Blog: Voting for a Third Party Makes Sense
George Packer: The fall of conservatism
John Pilger: Obama, the prince of bait-and-switch
Amy Goodman: Obama runs to the middle
Ariana Huffington: Memo to Obama: Moving to the middle is for losers
Robert Scheer: Obama on the brink
Pat Buchanan: Don't misunderestimate Obama
E.J. Dionne: Obama the shape-shifter? Not quite
David Sirota: People, not presidents, bring change (video)
George Lakoff: The mind and the Obama magic
Paul Craig Roberts: The mess the GOP gave us
Glenn Greenwald: Game-playing with 'dual loyalty' and 'anti-Semitism'
Jan Crawford Greenburg: Is Obama sounding like Thomas and Scalia?
Glenn Greenwald: FISA: August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008
Glenn Greenwald: Surveillance crimes coverup and Obama
Glenn Greenwald: Congress votes to immunize telecoms
John Nichols: Obama votes to silence debate and pass FISA
Sen. Russ Feingold: The problems with the FISA bill
Julian Sanchez: Wiretapping's true danger
Chris Hedges: New FISA will cripple our press
Glenn Greenwald: Torture and the rule of law
Glenn Greenwald: Democrats complicit in Bush lawbreaking
Jacob Hornberger: The Fourth Circuit’s ominous decision
Glenn Greenwald: Unserious extremists at impeachment hearings
Glenn Greenwald: Let’s Give ‘Blue Dogs’ the Boot
Laura Carlsen: NAFTA and the elephant in the room
Paul Craig Roberts: Watching greed murder the economy
Michael Hudson: Rewarding the bubble's enablers
Robert Scheer: The real legacy of the ‘Reagan Revolution’
Robert Borosage: Wall Street socialism
Jonathan Chait: Dead Left (on Naomi Klein)
Alternet: Naomi Klein on FOX (video)
Bill Moyers: Lobbying and the banking crisis
Jesse Larner: Who’s afraid of Friedrich Hayek?
Robert Scheer: Both parties suck up to the bankers
Maggie Mahar: UHC with no premiums or deductibles
Glenn Greenwald: Tom Friedman's sanctimonioous blather
Antiwar Radio: David Bromwich on the NYT and the War Party
Jim Lobe: Neocon flap highlights Jewish divide
Peter Wehner: The angry and emotional world of Joe Klein
Justin Raimondo: Joe Klein speaks truth to power
Daniel Levy: On Joe Klein and the Jewish neoconservatives
Worldview Blog: Liberal Blunders
Dave Lindorff: How Obama blew it
Gallup: Obama and McCain tied at 44%
Financial Times: Democrats anxious for Obama to widen lead
NYT: Big donors are the key to Obama's record haul
John MacArthur: Obama’s the candidate of the hedge-fund partners
TIME: Poll shows trouble signs in Obama's lead
The Nation: Open letter to Obama
Michael Lind: Democrats should choose FDR over McGovern
Michael Lind: Relax, liberals. You've already won
Jonah Goldberg: The mystery of Obama's problems
Gerard Baker: 'Yes we can'? Make that: 'Oops, we may not'
Gideon Rachman: Why Obama looks vulnerable
Werther: McCain, the most dangerous man in America
Robert Parry: Why McCain may well win
Brent Budowsky: John McCain's Party of Hate
Marwan Bishara: The politics of evil in the US elections
Robert Scheer: McCain's warped worldview
Stephen Zunes: Biden, Iraq, and Obama's betrayal
David Sirota: What Biden means
Alex Cockburn: 'Change', 'Hope' ... Why that means Joe Biden!
Andrew Sullivan: High noon in duel for White House
Andrew Sullivan: Biden on Iraq in 2004
Glenn Greenwald: Joe Biden and the political establishment
Steve Clemons: Why Joe Biden is vital and the right choice
John Dickerson: It's Biden time!
Robert Dreyfuss: On Iraq, Biden is worse than McCain
Justin Raimondo: Biden means business as usual
FORA TV: Kevin Phillips: The crisis of American capitalism
BBC: America's house price time bomb
MyWay: Most companies in US avoid federal income taxes
Glenn Greenwald: The FBI’s emerging, leaking case against Ivins
Paul Craig Roberts: Hamdan conviction: Do you feel safe now?
Robert Parry: The Hamdan principle and you
Sherwood Ross: Has America become fascist?
Lance Dickie: Vital signs for national health insurance
Paul Krugman: We may finally get universal health care
Glenn Greenwald: ABC News and vital unresolved anthrax questions
Glenn Greenwald: Journalists and their good friends in the White House