Russ McBee

After John Edwards's strong second-place finish in last night's Iowa caucus, he had this to say: [C]orporate greed has got a stranglehold on America. And unless and until we have a president in the proud tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, who has a little backbone, who has some strength, who has some fight, who's ...

This article in Forbes (via Whitescreek) tells the story of two Americans working in Baghdad who blew the whistle on some nasty illegal activity. After feeding the FBI documentation of illegal arms sales to civilians, the two whistleblowers were kidnapped and taken to Camp Cropper, the US military prison where Saddam Hussein was held. During his ...

Colin Powell appeared on Meet The Press today; during his appearance, he said the following (via Think Progress): I think it is short-sighted not to talk to Syria and Iran and everybody else in the region. [...] And if it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo — not tomorrow, this afternoon. I’d close it. And I’d not let any of those people ...