- 4,075
- 30,182
- The shameful neglect of our brave servicemen and women in the VA hospital system -- even at national showcase Walter Reed. (The post's pulitzer-prize-winning coverage seems to have consisted of nine main articles).
- The enshrinement of an imperial presidency with the right to violate laws at whim, codified by a scared Democratic Congress through its vote on FISA.
- The development of a complacent, inside-the-bubble Washington press corps that is more concerned with getting invited to the next cocktail party than holding those in power accountable.
- One sad face of the mortgage crisis -- people you know who stretched themselves not because they were selfish, but because they were a combination of optimistic for their future prospects and maybe a little self-deluded, who felt that in ten years when their balloon mortgage exploded they would have "made it" and could refinance on their own terms.
- The murder of a young man named Ronnie White -- who by all accounts was a bad, bad person, and who allegedly killed a cop, making him the lowest of the low -- in his Washington-area prison cell, in what looks like a retribution killing by authorities sworn to uphold the law this man broke time and again. This seemingly officially sanctioned death is an extraordinary attack on everything this country stands for: rule of law, innocent until proven guilty, and a belief in order over chaos. Yet how can we be surprised in an era when these values are officially trampled at the highest level?
- An exploration of the ripple effects of an official policy implicitly endorsing torture -- how it is felt in all aspects of American society, in popular culture, in our penal system, in our foreign policy, and in our own homes.
- OBL.
- The shady political machinations of corporations aligned with the Bush administration to surpress, then question, then delay action on climate change -- and a serious look at what action will be necessary to forestall the worst if the current scientific consensus is accurate.
- America's retreat from the world, the world's revulsion with America -- and how both make us dramatically less secure than we were eight years ago.
- My ass.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Twelve stories that deserve a twelve-part series in the Washington Post more than the brutal murder of Chandra Levy seven years ago.
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