For conservatives wondering why we progressives are so furious at current events, Paul Waldman explains it as lucidly as any writer I've seen. I wish I had written this essay.

Keith Olbermann from MSNBC reacts to the dangers of the Military Commissions Act signed into law by G.W. Bush on October 18, which among other things removes the Constitutional right of habeas corpus from both American citizens and foreign nationals, if the President says they are an "unlawful enemy combatant." Now anyone can be arrested and held indefinitely without trial if the government wants to do so.

A family member forwarded an article to me recently about the twisted thinking of Islamic extremists, along with a comment about the perceived stupidity of trying to justify Islamic faith as a legitimate belief system. This was my response (edited for venue).

John Rogers, a blogger from the UK, has said it better than I could. Why are we letting the terrorists win by being terrorized every time they want us to?

Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq, was invited to George Bush's 2006 State of the Union address and wore a T-shirt reading "2245 dead: how many more?" in protest to the Iraq War. When police saw her T-shirt, they arrested her.

Writing for Washington Monthly, authors Robert W. McChesney and John Podesta posit that, far from being anti-business, publicly-owned broadband and wireless Internet access is essential to keep America from being left behind in the economics of the 21st century.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, appointed to the bench by George Bush Sr. in 2002, has rendered a verdict in Kitzmiller et al versus Dover Area School District. The ruling for the plaintiff is a stinging rebuke to creationists trying to insert religious doctrine into public school curricula in the guise of science.

A powerful essay, written from firsthand experience by Tim Wise, about the hypocrisy of the so-called Christians who profane Jesus' name by their contempt for His teachings even while they profess to be His most loyal and moral followers. Reprinted here by kind permission of the author.