Gut Check America

Why Are We Lying to Ourselves About Our Catastrophic Economic Meltdown?

Over the last year, the world has received a crash course in real-world capitalism as the follies of Wall Street nearly torpedoed the global economy, which had to be rescued by a trillion-dollar government handout.

Why a "Gang of Seven" Former CIA Directors Are Trying to Block Holder's Torture Investigation

For the CIA supervisors and operatives who were responsible for torture, the chickens are coming home to roost.

Kaiser Family Foundation Poll on Health-care Reform: Americans warming?

Is it possible that the public is warming to the idea of health-care reform? Researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation say they have measured a shift in attitudes in a new Health Tracking Poll.

Too Many 'Nones' - Religious Right Bothered By 'Do-It-Yourself' Spirituality

A new survey about religion in America has the Religious Right all worked up.

The Hidden Link Between Factory Farms and Human Illness

You may be familiar with many of the problems associated with concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

The Cost of America's Gun Addiction

"Killing shocks UC Irvine campus" ran the headline in the Los Angeles Times recently after a man allegedly shot his ex-wife to death.

I love my socialist kidney

We already have a public option.

The public option is nothing to fear

Back in the good old days, the conservatives were the folks who favoured individual choice. Not any more. In the current healthcare debate, the top priority of the so-called conservatives is to deny people choice.

Progressives and the Budget Deficit

The tragedy in this story is that the collapse of the bubble and its devastating consequences were entirely predictable.

"Kill Obama" Facebook Poll Investigated By Secret Service

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.