Posted at Thom Hartmann on Jul. 29, 2003
The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away
Are computerized voting machines a wide-open back door to massive voting fraud?
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Jul. 2, 2003
Dear Clarence Thomas: It Happened on July 4, 1776
In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote a note to James Madison about the future possibility of a president who didn't understand the principles on which America was founded.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Jun. 15, 2003
How An Earlier "Patriot Act" Law Brought Down A President
Many Americans are suggesting that the Patriot Act (and its proposed "improvements" in Patriot II) is totally new in the experience of America and may spell the end of both democracy and the Bill of Rights. History, however, shows another view, which offers us both warnings and hope.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Jun. 3, 2003
Midnight Ride of the Rabble
Let's be blunt. The real agenda of the new conservatives is nothing less than the destruction of democracy in the United States of America. And feudalism is one of their weapons.
Posted at Common Dreams on May. 18, 2003
Move Over, Right Wing Radio - the Liberals Are Coming
A political explosion happened this weekend in New York, and it may be the big one that gives Karl Rove nightmares.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Apr. 29, 2003
The Crime Of The Century: A Never-Ending "War Against Terrorism"
During this lull in the fighting between the 2002 election cycle Iraq conflict and the soon-to-come 2004 election cycle conflict, it's a good time to (anonymously) sit in a library or bookstore and browse "The Turner Diaries" and Gore Vidal's "Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace."
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Apr. 11, 2003
The Real War - On American Democracy
In the midst of news of foreign wars, Americans are beginning to wake up to the real war being waged here at home. It is, however, a confused awakening.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Mar. 24, 2003
How To Take Back America
Marching in the streets is important work, but wouldn't we have greater success if we also took control of the United States government?
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Mar. 16, 2003
When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and was barely reported in the corporate media.
Posted at Thom Hartmann on Mar. 11, 2003
The Empire Needs New Clothes
It's easy to vilify George W. Bush as a cynical warmonger, anxious to attack Iraq to repay the oil companies that funded his election campaigns. But to do so is to make a dangerous and fundamental error, and such a myopic view of the Bush administration's policies puts America's future at risk.