Posted at Thom Hartmann on Dec. 19, 2002
Americans Revolt in Pennsylvania - New Battle Lines Are Drawn
The good citizens of Pennsylvania have done it again.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Dec. 3, 2002
Talking Back To Talk Radio - Fairness, Democracy, and Profits
"All Democrats are fat, lazy, and stupid," the talk-show host said in grave, serious tones as if he were uttering a sacred truth
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Nov. 16, 2002
Goldwater's Ghost in the Voting Machines?
Computers in the electoral process started in 1964, the year Goldwater opposed Johnson for the presidency. Back then, though, when states bought computers to read punch-card votes, the states owned and operated the computers, and the electorate could thus examine their processes and results.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Nov. 6, 2002
Time to Remove the Bananas... and Return Our Republic to Democracy
Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush both seem to have a funny idea about democracy: they think it's about voting.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Nov. 1, 2002
Revealed: Why Germans Oppose War in Iraq - French Fries
An hour ago, I was standing deep in a Franconian forest of central Germany, gazing in amazement at the time-hidden ruins of an ancient castle, Nordek, that was first built in A.D. 950 and finally abandoned about 500 years ago.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Oct. 25, 2002
Madison’s Ghost on The Intoxicated Presidency – and its Corporate Support Group
I just returned from Argentina. People there understand Machiavelli, I discovered; when he wrote his instructions to The Prince, that, “Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose…” it would make perfect sense to anybody who’d lived through Argentina’s past half-century.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Oct. 11, 2002
The Dinosaur War – To Protect Corporate Profits
I thought of it as dinosaur blood when it dripped on my hand this morning, and it made me wonder how the US war strategy would change if Saddam made a small recalibration in his business practices.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Sep. 21, 2002
Dismantling Democracy: What's Behind the Magic Trick of War?
I was about 12 and into the first year of a very brief career as a magician, in partnership with my best friend Chuck and his stepfather, the late professional stage magician Jim Edwards.