here . The Indians are apparently excited. I'd love to go to India; and not just 'cuz of the awesome commercials I'm seeing on ...

but there are still a few worthy threads. E.g.: 44. and if we could have had Medicare for all..... Look at all the real jobs that could com...

For much of 2005, an embattled Democratic Party fought Pres. G.W. Bush's initiative to privatize Social Security. The plan was defeated...

. . . seem slightly more progressive than his picks in personnel . Click on the images for larger versions; see artnet for more of Obama...

John Pilger is an Australian journalist and documentary maker. He has twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, and his document...

"When Frederick Douglass was old, a young man asked him what he should do to advance the cause of civil rights. 'Agitate, agitate, ...

(Thanks, closeupready!)

Add this to the list of Obama's list of disappointing appointments (see a lengthy but not-necessarily-complete list in this previous pos...

Brilliant and hilarious; but disappointing that he made no substantive critique. You go, Sykes . (Thanks, Ben!)

in place of either Senator Daschle for Secretary of Health and Human Services or Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General (see here for concern...

Per The Oregonian , The Smithsonian wants Aretha's hat. (Is that Al giving her the thumbs-up in the background?) One Londoner wonders f...

Very rough transcript of video of Klein here , which is unfortunately interrupted by an odd interlude of pop-tuneship (emphasis supplied): ...

Go here , and be sure to scroll all the way down. (Thanks, Paul!)

via The Boston Globe , here (thanks, Ben!) This photo (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images) shows residents of Kibera, one of the poorest qua...

And I heard on NPR there were thousands more with tix who didn't get in, due to security or other snafus -- hmmm.

Or as another pundit put it," Yes We Can! Make the Stimulus More Stimulating ." Hope that lasts Michelle; Barack may be pretty bus...

Full transcript below. So far the commentators have been rather unenthused. I found the speech substantively highly satisfactory. Yes, it w...

You're probably super-saturated by now, but if not, it's worth hearing again, esp. now.