Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy Report: the number of hate groups grew by 54 percent since 2000 Obama’s election win fueled some to join hate groups, study found The FBI’s uniform crime report found 7,624 hate crime incidents in 2007 Obama is a “visual aid” that help...

24 is a tv show, like many others where the cops bend the rules to get an edge on the criminals, purportedly because the bad guys are so devious and intelligent that they cannot be apprehended within the strictures of the laws. Yet in real life, the vast majority of criminals have demonstrated a pro...

The Supreme Court granted certiorari review in the case of Ali al-Marri, after Padilla, the second most important case of our lives. Why? Mr. al-Marri, you will recall from our interview with his attorney Jonathan Hafetz, was a legal resident studying at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, when, just ...

In withdrawing his name from consideration as head of the CIA, John Brennan wrote: “The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored.” Isn’t this the same argument Adolf Eichmann made when he was on ...

Look, on 9-11, we were all scared. Not many Americans knew much about this deadly enemy. Our leaders, though, already knew more, right from the outset. In the first year after, every potential day of Americans gathering seemed a ripe opportunity for the second attack: Veteran’s Day. Post-Thank...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — It is a politician’s dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq’s prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally. · Goal is to rebuild basi...

Since there’s been nothing on the news save for some of us libs praising Senator Dodd’s fantastic speech I linked to earlier, I never would have realized that the FISA bill has not been put on the back burner until January as I was led to believe based on what Dodd said on the floor. For...

He’s made his position clear, and now, so will I. Like Digby and Avedon, I feel there’s more afoot than appears on the surface. And like Avedon, I’ve known all along that Obama would need pushing by progressives throughout his presidency. He’s closer to the cautious 1960 JFK ...

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), part of the government’s anti-terror drive, gave councils the power to use surveillance and to access phone and e-mail records. It’s also the law that makes BT’s plans to monitor every website its customers visit, in order to place...

I’m not sure I agree with Neil the “Werewolf” on this one, but it’s nice that he’s trying to console us. I do feel a bit better, but I’m not buying into this statement: This bill is basically the same kind of garden-variety corruption one expects from Congress ...