‘This Is It’ Michael Jackson’s final performance
My family had planned a movie day and it was a big debate between me, my husband and three sons about which movie we would see.
Rethinking national security
Last week President Obama signed a military spending bill that begins to turn our nation in a new, better direction. But there is a long way to go.
Tales of hard times on the coast
On California's north coast, the sea used to provide many a worker and family a decent living - but no longer.
More thoughts about Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism’
Moore is the closest thing we have to a contemporary Tom Paine.
Keep pushing
The people are not buying the false notion that so-called "free market" is the answer to all their problems.
Deficit lies
The Republican attacks on extending the economic stimulus, on universal health care, on climate change legislation and financial reform all make reference to the exploding deficit and to the burden an immense debt may place on succeeding generations.
Still disappointed, haiku swine flu and other letters to the editor
Thank you for the recent opinion article and letter to the editor regarding the left being more patient with President Obama.
A ragged process
Slightly over a year ago, the American people elected a young African American to the presidency and increased the Democratic majorities in the Congress.
Powerful films progressives will want to see
Stunning, engrossing, loaded with political awareness, new films deal with compelling topics, from Daniel Ellsberg to Darwin, from Nanking to Haiti, from New York garment workers to the London subway bombings.
All Americans deserve health care
All Americans deserve health care. Private insurance companies are not getting the job done. Solving this serious national problem is a legitimate function of government. It requires a public solution.
