The Choice This Year Is Between Empire and Democracy

Having lived in Germany and extensively interviewed many (now elderly) former members of Hitler’s Nazi Party (and one spy for him) for a book I was writing on the religion of the Nazis, I can say categorically that Hitler had (or at least his people believed he had) a Vision. It was a vision of [...]

Written on May 30, 2004 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Liberal Talk Radio – Let The Water Cooler Wars Begin

Rush Limbaugh has, at various times, claimed credit for the elections of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush – and given how narrow electoral margins have been recently, he may be right. But now, in a free-market fashion that even conservatives have to salute, the tide is turning.

Written on May 16, 2004 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Class War

Book by Charles M. Kelly
Review by Thom Hartmann, originally published at buzzflash.com on May 11, 2004.

Written on May 10, 2004 | Posted in Books | Comments Off| Read More »

Time To Reconsider Jefferson’s Call For Universal Service

Many of the world’s mature democracies require every high-school graduate to serve a year or two of either military or nonprofit service. At first blush, this may seem like an oppression by government, but history shows it’s actually one of the best ways to prevent a military from becoming its own insular and dangerous subculture, [...]

Written on May 4, 2004 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »