By: Chris HedgesThe ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes spent his life battling the assault on democracy by tyrants. It is disheartening to be reminded that he lost. But he understood that the hardest struggle for humankind is often stating and understanding the obvious. Aristophanes, who had the temerity to portray the ruling Greek tyrant, Cleon, as [...]

Sarah Palin was relatively unknown outside Alaska before her selection by John McCain as his running mate. McCain’s selection of the then governor of Alaska as his running mate is the most cynical political ploy in history. McCain and his advisers knew that Palin was woefully unqualified to serve as Vice President, but they were [...]

   Columnist – John SammonIt’s funny. California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spends more on her campaign in one day than you or I could make in a year, and the whole thing is going to be derailed because in all probability she didn’t check on the status of her maid as an illegal immigrant. Conservatives love [...]

Sean Hannity, the pornographer of propaganda at ‘Fixed News,’ praised New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for putting “the establishment off-balance.” Hannity added that he (Paladino) has “legitimate complaint” with NY Post. That was after the racist Paladino was confronted by a New York Post State Editor — Fredric Dicker, to supply evidence for [...]

RawStory: Weeks after Sean Hannity was caught selectively editing a clip of President Barack Obama to paint him in a negative light, the Fox News channel has done it again. The latest clip, aired by Fox & Friends last Tuesday, has the president appearing to say that he could not give tax cuts to the [...]