America to D.C. — Democrats included: We’re mad as hell and you’re not listening! December 2007IN A SEASON THAT SHOULD BE CONVIVIAL AND COMFORTING — filled with family, friends, fun, spiritualism, good food, song, and high... Read more...
BushCheney really is planning to attack Iran! November 2007LOOK OUT–HERE THEY COME AGAIN! Bush & Buckshot are riding their little stick horses, waving the bloody flag of 9/11, demonizing... Read more...
The presidency is taking over the courts and Congress October 2007WHERE IS CONGRESS? It’s way past time for members to stand up. Historic matters are at stake. The Constitution is being... Read more...
Corporations that paid-to-play in the last election April 2007FROM THE “LAND OF THE CLUELESS AND CONNIVING,” meet a couple of gentlemen who insist that America’s political funding system is... Read more...
Repubs have a rock on their back, Dems meekly mumble October 2006AS YOU READ THIS ISSUE OF THE LOWDOWN, I’m out on the political trail, rambling back and forth across America in... Read more...
A real Democratic Party would say “We’re on your side!” December 2005Dear Santa:There are so many toys I’d love to find under my tree this year! All kinds of new kitchen... Read more...
It’s time for people’s housing, people’s transit, and PEOPLE FIRST! October 2005By the fifth day — with New Orleans under 20 feet of toxic water, with federal help still nowhere to... Read more...
Progressive groups are busting out all over October 2004 Hey, come on, progressives— buck up! There’s been too much doom and gloom—especially among inside-the-beltway progressives—about John Kerry’s chances... Read more...
We the people have driven the Dems to populism January 2004The oddest thing has happened. There has been a sudden outbreak of Democrats in the most unexpected of places: inside... Read more...
If you’re not using the party, let us borrow it December 2002You know that we progressives had a rough election when one of our bright spots was in the Oklahoma referendum... Read more...
A modest proposal for the senate democrats July 2001“The Democratic Party of the nation ain’t dead,” said New York political operative George Washington Plunkett at the turn of... Read more...
Why not try democracy in america? January 2001t took more than a month, but the Powers That Be finally tallied the presidential vote: Bush 5, Gore 4.... Read more...
When polluters challenge, al gore backs down October 2000It’s an article of faith among the Democrats-for-Gore set that, whatever faults Al may have (his own mother describes him... Read more...
How we won the war June 1999A truck stop in Tulsa has a sign that proclaims: “Kids with gas eat free.” Well, kids, Im getting gas... Read more...
