The words running through my head are “common good.” Providing for it built our roads, schools, and parks—principles this administration seems intent on demolishing through greed and incompetence. It’s time for the privileged elite to rejoin the rest of us and invest in America’s future, before there’s nothing left to save.
The real question about torture is moral: what kind of nation are we? Despite claims of righteous exceptionalism, this administration perverts the Golden Rule, hiding wiretaps, secret prisons, and abuses behind extreme secrecy. They dread these conversations, but they cannot hide forever—because sooner or later, someone always talks, Mr. President.
History teaches that unanimous national support cannot be stolen by critics; it is squandered by leaders who exploit unity for political advantage. Instead of bipartisan healing or true protection, we were duped into war through “lying by implication”—squandering a nation’s resolve to rule through fear, division, and political opportunism.
Reading the morning columns, Richard Cohen’s argument that Bin Laden achieved his goals resonates deeply. Paired with Eugene Robinson’s critique of our newly labeled “homeland,” it underscores a troubling pattern: an administration masking policy rollbacks behind Orwellian slogans, waging a deceptive “war of words” while real consequences unfold.
Reflecting on the fifth anniversary of September 11, I find myself wrestling with how America responded. Beyond remembering the lives lost, fear has too often justified abandoning core ideals. Watching endless conflicts unfold, I wonder: will we ever regain our moral high ground and choose peace over perpetual war?
While politicians and pundits tout strong economic growth, the reality for everyday families tells a very different story. Census data reveals that median household income fell while poverty rates rose, leaving working Americans behind despite surging productivity. My own son is starting a family on less real income than I made two decades ago. It is time for the media to cut through the administration’s spin, report the hard facts, and call out these economic claims for what they truly are.
Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs. It is hoping the toothache goes away, crying when you drop the mac and cheese on the floor, and knowing you work as hard as anyone, anywhere. Most of all, being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop. – John Scalzi
Robert Kuttner made a compelling case that Cheney really is running the country. You have a frontman running interference for a secretive string puller. No one feels they have any say in the way this country is being run into the ground while politicians confuse people with half-truths and lies.
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