Republicans for Obama Republicans for Obama
Reagan Democrats played a key role in electing a new present in 1980; now Obama Republicans seem to be emerging as a significant political force - at least in the primaries. In th...
Feb 25, 2008 / Jon Wiener
1,000 Feminists Oppose Hillary 1,000 Feminists Oppose Hillary
More than 1,000 feminists have signed a statement criticizing Hillary Clinton and supporting Obama for president - evidence that Clinton's support among women activists continues t...
Feb 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Nutrition vs. Food: Michael Pollan’s Eater’s Manifesto Nutrition vs. Food: Michael Pollan’s Eater’s Manifesto
What's so bad about convenience food?, I asked Michael Pollan - his new book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," has been the number one best-seller nationally for the las...
Feb 18, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero
The Obama campaign, intent on taking some of the crucial Latino vote in California away from Hillary Clinton, organized a daylong door-to-door canvas on Saturday in the region's mo...
Feb 3, 2008 / Jon Wiener
If Obama Is JFK, Who Is Hillary? If Obama Is JFK, Who Is Hillary?
Ted Kennedy's statement Monday that Obama was like JFK set off a storm of historical analogies. Hillary's side fired back that she is like Bobby Kennedy--at least that's what three...
Jan 30, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Hillary’s Man Problem Hillary’s Man Problem
A lot of men don't like Hillary. A lot of men say they don't want to vote for Hillary--even Democratic men. The new Los Angeles Times/ Bloomberg poll, released December 28, shows t...
Jan 2, 2008 / Jon Wiener
What Hillary Hasn’t Done in Foreign Policy What Hillary Hasn’t Done in Foreign Policy
During the eight years Hillary was First Lady, she didn't deal with terrorism, Osama bin Laden, or Al Qaeda. She wasn't a decision-maker on any of the other big foreign policy iss...
Dec 27, 2007 / Jon Wiener
The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950 The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950
A week after US troops were sent to fight in far-away country, the FBI proposed to the president that 12,000 people be rounded up and detained as "potentially dangerous" ...
Dec 24, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Arguing About Gitmo Arguing About Gitmo
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard arguments in what may be the most important constitutional case of the decade: whether the men detained at Guantanamo have a right to a fair trial...
Dec 6, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Obama and Islam Obama and Islam
Barack Obama represents "the only hope for the US in the Muslim world," according to Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Because Obama's father w...
Nov 16, 2007 / Jon Wiener