San Francisco In an election where the votes are already being counted in “dollars raised” rather than “votes counted,” I supposed none of us should be surprised that money, rather than much of anything else, seems destined to define the 2008 election for President. The US Supreme Court stepped into the mess by ripping the …
Month: June 2007
Darfur Dispute
San Francisco Not long ago there was a disconcerting article in the New York Times about internal upheaval in the Save Darfur Coalition in the wake of its pivotal role in beginning to finally create an international will to stop the killing in this part of the world that has led to more than …
Edwards’ Anti-Poverty Fight
New Orleans An obvious disclosure is that we deeply care about poverty. We care about whether money is overtaking politics, too. We in fact believe that the poor would have a better shot at participation and policy if the role of money was lessened. So I’m admitting all of that, but nonetheless I am mystified …