What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery–and threatening our democracy in the process.
The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.
They’re loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme politics.
Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn’t generals achieve with more troops and more time?
What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
Heddy Honigmann’s documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.