"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
--President Dwight Eisenhower, April 16, 1953
...if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people--their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties--someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
--President John F. Kennedy, September 14, 1960
Featured sites
The Progressive Magazine I have been a subscriber to The Progressive for nearly 40 years; it is, in my judgement, the best political magazine ever.
Nobel Prize Winner Paul Krugman's blog Only if you care about your financial future, or the financial future of this country.
Freedom From Religion Foundation.org Freedom From Religion Foundation. Home base for Freethinkers.
MediaMatters.org Great site keeps track of media missteps.
The Huffington Post Check this
daily;
Daily Koz Home of the famous Markos Moulitsas Zúniga;
FAIR.org Fairness and Accuracy in Media. Unbiased analysis of news hype and slant by national meda. A must see site.
The Borowitz Report Just for fun.
Other Sites Where You Can Get The Truth
The American Civil Liberties Union. I've been a member of the A.C.L.U. for more than 40 years. It has done more to promote freedom and justice in this country than all of the presidents and politicians put together.
The Huffington Post Prizewinning blog by Arianna.
MoveOn.Org Active antidote to the right wing. These are the folks responsible for some of the great ads that appeared in Obama campaign. A very informative site.
CommonDreams.Org The best, most complete, and most useful site for progressives I've seen - hundreds of articles from major (e.g., New York Times, Washington Post) and less well known (e.g., EXTRA) news sources.
FAIR.org Fairness and Accuracy in Media. Unbiased analysis of news hype and slant by national meda. A must see site.
Freepress.net Don't miss great speech by Bill Moyers
MediaMatters.org Like FAIR, but somewhat more pointed in revealing slanted news and "reporting."
BuzzFlash.com See "Headines from BuzzFlash.com" on left side of this page.
Amnesty International Bu$hCo repeatedly referred to information here, until the U.S. started turning up as one of the worst perpertrators of torture and abuse.
Michael Moore's Web Page Lots of comments and links from the great producer of "Farenheit 9/11."
AlterNet.Org Links to informative stories by outstanding commentators, including one of my all time favorites, the late Molly Ivens.
StoptheNRA.com, devoted to sane policies about guns
The link crusader Over 700 links to progressive sites-for some great animations see "Anti-Bush/Animations."
Failure is Impossible
International A.N.S.W.E.R.