BY RICHARD L. FRICKER The announcement that the Nobel committee had bestowed its 2010 prize for literature on Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa came more...

BY FROMA HARROP Those orange fireballs you see in the news are NATO oil tankers exploding along the Khyber Pass. Afghani insurgents regard convoys bringing fuel to American fighters as easy marks. The trucks go slow and, once hit, blow up. The U.S. military has a solution: Switch away from inflammable fossil fuels. The Defense […]

BY JOE CONASON Let nobody accuse the Tea Party enthusiasts of lacking intellectual sophistication, no matter what their favorite candidates might say about evolution, civil rights, masturbation or alcohol prohibition. According to The New York Times, the movement’s reading list includes works of political economy by such right-wing thinkers as Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von […]

BY FROMA HARROP The Hispanic activist grew defensive as we discussed Latinos’ low turnouts in recent elections. Indeed, the subject popped up with no prompting from me. “Latinos don’t vote?” said Lydia Camarillo, who runs voter registration drives in San Antonio. “Excuse me. TEXAS doesn’t vote.” True, Americans don’t participate in elections at the high […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH If there were one contest Meg Whitman didn’t need to win in her bid to become governor of California, it was the race to collect the most money from individuals and businesses that do business with the state of California. Campaign disclosure reports filed last Tuesday generated surprising headlines and revealed that […]