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Enough With the Celebutantes!

celebrity culture is a major culprit in the backlash against women.

Susan J. Douglas

Culture

Cmon, Get Happy

Being happy has become commercial, individualized, and barbaric.

Jeanine Plant

Net Neutrality Alert

Brian Zick

Fidel Temporarily Cedes Power

Brian Zick

ABA’s Signing Statements Report

Brian Zick

Chuck Hagel: Iraq = Vietnam

Brian Zick

Democrats Remind Bush of His Forgotten Iraq War

Brian Zick

James Tobin: The OperatorӔ

James Tobin was convicted for charges related to his role in a conspiracy to jam the phone lines of the New Hampshire Democratic Party during the 2002 elections.

Conor Kenny

Jack Abramoff: Captain Jack?

Jack Abramoff was a central figure in the "K Street Project" - a barely legal collaboration between Republicans and lobbyists.

Conor Kenny

Rene Vaszues Botet: The Extortionist

Conor Kenny

Bob Kjellander and Nicholas Hurtgen: The Pension PiratesӔ

Robert Kjellander is accused of multiple qustionable state pension deals in Illinois he did while working for the Carlyle Group,

Conor Kenny

Brent Wilkes: The EarmarkerӔ

Brent Wilkes is accused of illegally setting up his own lobbying firm to convince members of Congress to earmark money via appropriations bills.

Conor Kenny

Thomas Noe: The NumismatistӔ

Thomas Noe, Ohio regional fundraising chairman for Bush in 2004, is suspected of laundering $2 million of money from the Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation.

Conor Kenny

Feature

Capital Crimes

How our current campaign finance system breeds political corruption

Conor Kenny

A Few Bits of Newsiness

Brian Zick

War War War, More War!!!

Brian Zick

Ouch, That’s Really Really Gotta Hurt

Brian Zick

Joe Lieberman’s “Political Abyss”

Brian Zick