Thought fo US election day

"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other".

~ Oscar Ameringer

President Palin

Read Atheist Ethicist's scary post on this gruesome possibility here.

"Americans prefer tyranny"

"The Democratic and Republican parties both know, through careful research, that the American people prefer tyranny over liberty."

An interesting analysis of the present state of US politics by Atheist Ethicist.

Evangelical crackup

In-depth New York Times analysis of the heartsearchings preoccupying the US 'Religious Right' in the run-up to the 2008 election.

Why is the US anti-war movement so feeble?

One possible explanation here. Some interesting comments, too.

"I lost my son to a conflict I oppose."

An anti-war father condemns the trivialised state of US politics.

Why Bush hasn't been impeached

An interesting - and, to me, gloomy - analysis here.

Gang warfare

Interesting insights here into the 'masterminding' of the Iraq war, and why there is unlikely to be any effective accountability required from those involved.

A sane candidate for the White House

Read this 'Truthdig' interview with former Senator Mike Gravel.

"Emotional midgets with constipated compassion"

Another rousingly robust polemic against the NeoCon brigade here.

The Party of Brownshirts

Another first-class article on the US Republicans by Paul Craig Roberts from ICH.