James Israel

From Citizens for Tax Justice: Newly revised estimates show that the Bush tax cuts cost almost $2.5 trillion over the decade after they were first enacted (2001-2010). Preliminary … Read more

I love it when fake news gets taken for real news, especially since it usually has more grains of truth than the so-called ‘real’ news on networks like … Read more

>I consider myself an independent, even though I wind up voting Democratic most of the time. But they usually disappoint me. Like now. Why do I vote Democratic … Read more

> Why must our society over-react so much? Whether it’s marching off to war for a pack of lies, being paranoid about health care reform, or tazing grandmas, … Read more

Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA are a group of atheists, sure, but moral atheists, who just want to help. Hey, you have to trust someone who is getting left … Read more

>On August 1st Democracy Unlimited filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging “corporate personhood,” the illegitimate and undemocratic legal doctrine which allows courts to overturn democratically … Read more

>Thom Hartmann has the best idea for health care reform, laid out in an open letter to the prez entitledA Modest Medicare Proposal. In it, he proposes the … Read more

> Finally! All who are opposed to “socialized” health care can now sign a petition created to let you pledge to refuse to use the Medicare you already … Read more

> On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber flew over Hiroshima, Japan. The uranium 235 bomb, named Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m. In an instant 80,000 … Read more