In an otherwise excellent article debunking Bush as a phony socialist [as he is being dubbed on right-wing talk radio], Joel Wendland writes the following theses that I think deserve "a deeper look."

It definitely makes more sense from a green perspective to keep your old car running and well-maintained as long as you can—especially if it’s getting such good mileage. There are significant environmental costs to both manufacturing a new automobile and adding your old car to the ever-growing collective junk heap.

The Communist Party of the USA expresses its outrage at Israel's invasion of Gaza, carried out in defiance of world public opinion.

In the annals of film and television history, the name Rod Serling usually conjures up visions of fantastic realities and unsettling characters from within “The Twilight Zone.” But a glimpse beneath the surface of the man, let alone his masterful writings, exposes the depth of social consciousness, of political commentary and a bold outspokenness rarely seen at the height of the Cold War.

The latest book by Jeffrey Sachs has much to recommend it, but also some glaring holes and blind spots. Sachs goes fairly deeply into many of the deep-seated problems facing the world, from climate change to dire poverty.

“Depression economics” is a term that Krugman came up with over a decade ago. His main point is that monetary policy, once you get into a depression, becomes ineffective, and the only possible way to manage the economy or influence its direction once interest rates have reached zero is by means of very aggressive financial intervention by the federal government.

In his weekend video address to the nation, President-elect Barack Obama called on Congress for fast action on a plan to stimulate the US economy. Obama re-stated his plan to invest in rebuilding infrastructure, including roads, bridges and schools in order to quickly create about three million jobs.

The intrusion of saltwater from the sea into rivers and groundwater is a serious issue, but the threat is not from a reversal of flow, and our far inland lakes and rivers are not expected to be directly affected by the salty water of our oceans.

The US economy is already in recession for a year and is expected to hit bottom in mid-2009, which would make it the longest recession since World War II, Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss said in a recent interview.

How would you live your life if you knew the general course it would follow? What you act differently, live "deliberately" as Thoreau advocated? This is the existential conundrum of Benjamin Button, the central protagonist in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

Preventing an economic recession, maintaining economic growth and ensuring social security will be the government’s top priorities in 2009, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Sub-freezing temperatures and a brisk wind did not darken the day in Drexel Park for the kick off of Camp Hope, an 18-day vigil just down the street from Barrack Obama’s home on Chicago’s south side, yesterday.

The Republican Party is lashing out again. This time at itself. Several media sources recently reported that at an upcoming Republican National Convention meeting a resolution has been submitted that accuses George W. Bush of promoting socialism through the Wall Street bailout.

Since the beginning of the military operation in the Gaza Strip, on 27 December 2008, the army has bombed dozens of houses, public buildings, and other structures throughout the Gaza Strip.

In his end of year speech Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez highlighted the advances in living standards that have been achieved, announced some key projects for the next year, and called for the continuation of the socialist project in Venezuela.

Karl Rove launched an effort last month to block Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as the first African American US Attorney General.

Cuban President Raul Castro said Thursday that the 50 years beginning with the revolutionary victory on January 1, 1959, were the most fruitful period in Cuban history.

2009, a year of struggle and change, starts today, and the Obama administration will begin in a matter of weeks. The stock market is down 40 percent from last year and the flow of capital into any kind of capacity, productive or not, is frozen.

ATLANTA - Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was on a relief boat headed to assist Palestinians hurt in the Gaza Strip, yesterday, December 30, 2008, when it was rammed by the Israeli military.

The economic outcomes of 2009 for working people, one year from now, is in the hands of the acutest political struggle which is emerging over how exactly government should intervene in the US economy to avert a depression?