by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 1, 2008 | Blog
It is a shame that Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism Monday in Independence, Mo., was overshadowed by yet another false controversy, this time over the appropriateness of comments by retired general Wesley Clark about Sen. John McCain's qualifications for the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 27, 2008 | Blog
You may differ on the merits with the supporters of the District of Columbia's gun ban, who were handed a m
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2008 | Blog
Senate conservatives went into their customary obstruction mode again late Thursday, choosing to protect the interests of insurance companies while shortchanging the health care needs of older Americans and ignoring the will of the majority. Thirty-nine conservatives...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2008 | Blog
One year ago today, a Senate Republican filibuster killed the Employee Free Choice Act, and with it died one of the most important things Congress could have done to repair the economic damage done to working-class families caused by decades of conservative economic...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 25, 2008 | Blog
The Bush administration's gross abuse of presidential power demands that we insist on the next president reversing the damage done to the constitutional principle of separation of powers. The reversal of the imperial presidency, a mainstay of the right from Nixon...
