Driving Your Liberties Away: Biometrics and ‘Enhanced’ Drivers Licenses
Privacy advocates across Canada have been struggling to prevent the Ontario provincial government from passing legislation that will see radio identifiers and biometric data inserted into future Ontarian drivers licenses.
Election 2008: Where is the Center?
The battle to define the outcome of the 2008 elections began in earnest just seconds after the TV networks projected Barack Obama the winner. Most commentators focused on the historic nature of Obama's win, while conservatives immediately dropped their accusations that Obama advocated socialism.
One in Four Americans Experience Job Discrimination
With the election of Barack Obama, a wide range of thoughtful commentary has centered on how our country has changed and how race plays less of a determining factor in our social life.
Where To Now, Barack Obama?
At a very early stage in the campaign, I wrote to friends that though Obama is not a leftist or a part of the left, he must, in the given conditions be the candidate of the left in the United States.
Safe and Healthy Children's Holiday Gifts
Given the massive recall of toys contaminated with lead last year, let alone all the other bad news about chemicals seeping out of just about every other conceivable type of consumer item, it’s no wonder that people are nervous about what might be inside the wrapping paper this next holiday season.
Doctors Call on Obama, Congress to 'Do The Right Thing' on Health Reform
A group of over 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to 'do the right thing' and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a system of public health care financing frequently characterized as 'an improved Medicare for all.'
Special Interest or Class Consciousness? How Labor Put Obama in the White House
New polling data released this week by the AFL-CIO revealed the extent of union support for Barack Obama in the presidential election.
Book Review: The Wrecking Crew
Thomas Frank's previous books established his reputation as a thinking person's Michael Moore, moving beyond standard liberal howls of anguish to explore the underlying causes of the rise of the Republican right.
Book Review: The Limits of Power
Before the war in Iraq started Robert Kagan wrote a wonderful little narcissistic view of the United States and its abilities to provide peace in a world of democratic capitalism.
Letter to Obama: Veterans Urge VA Reforms
In a letter of congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama this week, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) called on the future president to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs and impose mandatory funding for benefits for veterans.
