Andrew Jackson led armed forces into what is now Alabama on a homicidal mission against Creek Indians. Refusing to discriminate between the…

The new Son Volt record, Electro Melodier, is the best collection of protest songs and political songwriting in many years

Putting our democracy at risk

Whenever there is a combination of a culture of violence and an ethic of heartlessness, fatal abuse of authority will escalate, and the legal system will fail to address it

A good friend of mine, who is a Carmelite Priest once used the phrase, "wipe the poor off the face of the…

On no American highway have I seen the bumper sticker, "Support the troops unless they get raped by other troops." Judging…