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Loaded for Bear Any day now the polar bear could be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Conservative groups are already plotting their response—and lawsuits are just the tip of the iceberg. —By Daniel Schulman MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Gone: Mass Extinction and the Hazards of Earth's Vanishing Biodiversity On Thin Ice Losing the Cool Some Like it Hot Power Q&A: Stewart Brand The Long Now futurist and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog talks about why it's time to rebrand nukes. —By Kiera Butler MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Our New Energy Crisis Greed Helped Destroy the Planet—Can It Save It? Mother Jones' Special Issue on Energy Seven Myths of Energy Independence McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a "spiritual guide" calls on America to see the "false religion" of Islam "destroyed." Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement. —By David Corn MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam Kristol Gives McCain a Pass for Anti-Islam Bigot McCain's Free Ride (in the MSM) on Rod Parsley McCain Keeps Riding the No-Talk Express on Rod Parsley Top Stories 1 2 3
Dispatches from a Nightmare From a Burma blogger: "No electricity means no water...People don’t know whether to pray for rain (no roofs) or not for water." More excerpts from the world press on Cyclone Nargis. —By Laura McClure Put a Tyrant in Your Tank You thought ExxonMobil was bad? Meet the new kings of crude. —By Joshua Kurlantzick Clinton: Damn the Pundits, Full Speed Ahead The morning after North Carolina and Indiana, the Clinton campaign signaled it would fight on. But her only real option is going nuclear. —By David Corn The United States of Guilt by Association Once upon a time there was a place quite inspiring, until a certain campaign did turn so conniving. —By Mark Fiore What Next for Hillary Clinton Tuesday night, conventional wisdom in the media seemed to congeal around the idea that Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee. That leaves Hillary Clinton with three options. —By Jonathan Stein Exacto of Justice (Click here for more...) archive... When Is "Tough Love" Torture? A new talk or behavioral therapy, even for children, can be introduced and sold by anyone without being vetted by any government agency. —By Maia Szalavitz America Out of Gas How rising oil prices are obliterating America's superpower status. —By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Contractors Gone Wild Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs—all in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq? —By Bruce Falconer Politics, Pandering, and Policy at the Pump And the winner of the Obama-Clinton gas tax battle is... —By Jonathan Stein The Air Force Above All We rarely stop to think of the asymmetrical advantages enjoyed by the military—the overwhelming advantage in firepower, mobility, and technology. This has created what can only be called an empathy gap. —By William J. Astore, Mother Jones Wins National Magazine Award Think Academy Awards, red carpet, black tie. In the magazine world, top honors come not as Oscars, but as Ellies, and they're awarded by the American Society of Magazine Editors. —By Elizabeth Gettelman Photo Essay: The Dying Newsroom After the latest round of layoffs left the San Jose Mercury News office empty as a morgue, a newspaper designer photographed what remained. Willie Horton Redux An attack ad targeting Barack Obama raises a question: Can anyone with doubts about capital punishment, especially a black guy, become president? —By James Ridgeway Endless War Every time you hear the phrase "the next war"—and journalists already love it—you should wince. It means endless war, eternal war, and it’s the path to madness. —By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch MoJo Convo: Pro-Nuke? Anti-Nuke? We asked a futurist, a MoJo writer, a No Nukes activist, and a weapons security expert to debate nuclear energy this week. They are; join in. The Handcuffs of 1968 Forty years after the student protests at Columbia, that radical April day remains etched in memory. —By Glenn Frankel Powering Down the Patriot Act In the wake of another damaging report detailing the bureau's abuse of its data-gathering power, Congress is seeking to limit the use of national security letters. —By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium Rev. Wright: A Neverending Cross for Obama to Bear Angry over his portrayal in the media, Jeremiah Wright is firing back in a way that it is politically harmful to the most famous member of his church: Barack Obama. —By David Corn General Happy Swellspin Don't worry, everything is just fine. Colonel Peachy Hunky Dory and General Okey Dokey have it all under control. A political cartoon. —By Mark Fiore The Iranian Chessboard Five ways to think about Iran under the gun, without the American filter in place. —By Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Law In the most high-stakes voting-rights case since Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Indiana's hotly contested voter-fraud law—and similar measures that could disenfranchise voters. —By Stephanie Mencimer Clapping Along With Bush at the White House Correspondents' Dinner While Washington insiders yukked it up with the president at the annual press corps prom, our man on the scene wondered why he didn't get the joke. —By David Corn Scrubbing King Coal Why are energy companies going gaga over alternative fuels? First off, let's define what they mean by "alternative." —By James Ridgeway Our New Energy Crisis $100-a-barrel oil is in the rearview mirror, and no cost-effective (or even cost-prohibitive) alternative has emerged. —By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Book Excerpt: Standing Up to the Madness As New Orleans demolishes public housing units, grassroots efforts among African-Americans have sprung up to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward. —By Amy Goodman and David Goodman John McCain on Katrina: Part of the Problem McCain's Time for Action Tour reached New Orleans Thursday, where the Republican presidential candidate criticized the Administration and Congress for their response to Hurricane Katrina. But McCain's record shows that when it mattered most, he didn't act. —By Jonathan Stein A Constitutional Conundrum The House Judiciary Committee has taken its contempt of Congress fight to civil court, setting the stage for a legal battle that could redefine executive and congressional power. —By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium No Sex Please, We're Congress At an oversight hearing on abstinence-only sex ed, Congress mostly shoots blanks. —By Stephanie Mencimer The Seven Myths of Energy Independence Why forging a sustainable energy future is dependent on foreign oil. —By Paul Roberts America Decides Network We decide what you decide. We know. You don't. A political cartoon. —By Mark Fiore The Greenback Effect Greed has helped destroy the planet—maybe now it can help save it. —By Bill McKibben Congress' Top 10 Fossil Fools Who stands between us and a clean-energy future? These guys. —By Chris Mooney Out of Commission An ongoing Senate deadlock over FEC nominees could mean the federal government's electoral referee is sidelined during the 2008 elections. —By Jonathan Stein Clinton Campaign Blows Off the Weathermen Question We asked (and asked and asked again) Hillary Clinton's spinmeister Howard Wolfson whether the candidate supported her husband's pardon of two Weather Underground radicals. He finally responded. Sorta. —By David Corn The Nuclear Option Instead of talking about environmentalists for nukes, or people posing as environmentalists for nukes, we should be talking about fission. —By Judith Lewis Googling For McCain Meet the Republican internet strategist who spends his days buying keywords. —By Casey Miner more...				Starbucks' Slutty Mermaid Making Waves Gag Order Partially Lifted, Israel Obsesses Over Corruption Investigation of Prime Minister Oliver Stone's W: Will It Be Better than "Lil' Bush"? Grand Theft Auto IV Makes More Money Than Anything Ever Guns Don't Kill People, Irresponsible Gun Dealers Do Pigs Spared Med School Surgeries Is Boycotting Wal-Mart Activism? A Vote For McCain Validates Bush Crank Dat Mike Gravel! Compromise in Michigan: Another Sign of Things to Come more... Htein Lin by Toastyoneuk Htein Lin with one of his paintings made while in a Burmese political prison. Submit a photo RE: Politics, Pandering, and Policy at the Pump: Who Wins? Where I live, they waive the State sales tax for one weekend in August so parents can save a few dollars on the purchase of school supplies? So is my state 'pandering' to parents? No, they are just trying to help ease a financial burden. Is Hillary 'pandering' to voters or does she believe some action toward giving relief at the gas pump is desirable to inaction? The figure I have heard is that it would amount to several billion dollars in taxes over the summer months and that would be billions in the pockets of consumers. But given a choice between a person who is at least trying to take an action and a person who is not, I prefer someone who is trying to do something. Posted by: Sharon Ash on 05/06/08 at 7:49 AM Loaded for Bear McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video Power Q&A: Jamie Hyneman Power Q&A: Rep. Jay Inslee Power Q&A: Bill Weihl Power Q&A: Stewart Brand How to Build a Better Battery East Coast/West Coast Energy: The #$%* Is On! Breaking the Efficiency Gridlock Bottom of the Barrel Power Q&A: Amory Lovins The Roof Is On Fire The Green-Belt Movement The Generation Gap Spinning the Atom Mr. Match.com Pimps Solar Porn Marketer Goes Solar Having made millions from Match.com and Sex.com, Gary Kremen has an impressive record in spotting cash-crop trends. But his newest project, an attempt to "bring solar to mass market," may actually do some good in the world. Kremen's Clean Power Finance seeks to boost solar energy by linking installation contractors with financing. And what about government incentives for solar? Tell congressional leaders how you feel about clean-energy tax incentives here.