Hold Fast

Not that I’m particularly concerned that the readers of the New York Times op-ed page will be upset about Russ Douthat spoiling the endings of two major books turned movies, but hot dang, what a wanky thing to do. And for what it’s worth, Dan Brown was a teach at my high school. I knew [...]

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Via Eric Martin, The Editors really do have the quote of the day:  Now that important figures in Washington have admitted to directly ordering more and worse, however, the question of even investigating whether some sort of crime may perhaps have taken place is fraught with all sort of beard-tugging brain-twisters which no man can [...]

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In Maine’s Bangor Daily News, Mike Allen, an Air Force veteran and union letter carrier, writes in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act. In the course of an incredibly powerful telling of his father’s history and his history as union members and the benefits they received by being part of the union, Allen puts [...]

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Via Jane Hamsher, David Waldman of DailyKos has an incredible segment where he demonstrates the real issues underlying the torture “debate” in America. Waldman rightly redirects the discussion towards the recent revelations regarding the Bush administration’s use of torture to, after the start of the Iraq War, prove “evidence” of a connection between Iraq and [...]

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Peter Daou’s Huffington Post column on the imperative for the Obama administration to restore the rule of law without hesitation raises excellent points about both what change really must mean under Obama and how the netroots community is trying to ensure this happens. Demands for investigation, transparency, and accountability in the face of Let’s-Move-On-itis common [...]

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Paul Krugman has a great column today taking China to task for its solipsistic views on greenhouse gas emissions and China’s massive contributions to global warming. It’s good to see an economist put forward an argument involving emissions, tariffs, trade, and global warming that yields a conclusion that points towards actually helping sustain the globe, [...]

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I guess today is Employee Free Choice video day…

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Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post explains the importance of first contract arbitration in the Employee Free Choice Act. First contract arbitration is the second main plank of Employee Free Choice. But the kind of democratic choice that business favors is choice without consequence — a position made clear by its opposition to the other [...]

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The AFL-CIO has this great video from actors and artists speaking out for the Employee Free Choice Act.

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