David Sirota

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  • Obama, the healthcare Riddler

    Why is the president suddenly so afraid of a single-payer solution to America's healthcare crisis?
    By David Sirota May 16, 2009

  • Bacon-flavored capitalism

    The swine flu scare was just the latest example of why an economic theory that mixes subsidization, consolidation and deregulation endangers us all.
    By David Sirota May 9, 2009

  • The Democrats have no more excuses

    With Arlen Specter and Al Franken, the Democrats will have 60 votes in the Senate. They can no longer blame Republicans for standing in the way of a progressive agenda.
    By David Sirota May 1, 2009

  • Don't pooh-pooh populism

    With voter rage on the rise, the political class can no longer ignore calls for reform.
    By David Sirota April 24, 2009

  • Columbine questions we still haven't answered

    Isn't violence a predictable byproduct of our winner-take-all economy?
    By David Sirota April 18, 2009

  • The best investment money can buy

    A little bit of graft can go a long way toward ensuring billions in profits.
    By David Sirota April 11, 2009

  • Drug-fueled madness!

    Our nation's narcotics policy, that is. But there's good news as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Jim Webb take baby steps toward sanity.
    By David Sirota April 4, 2009

  • All the news that's fit to be birdcage liner

    Newspapers have been battered by technological and economic forces, sure, but journalism has also delivered a one-two punch to its own jaw.
    By David Sirota March 28, 2009

  • Welcome to double-standard America

    The AIG scandal has made it apparent that we are ruled by a government of men, not laws.
    By David Sirota March 21, 2009

  • Why are Republicans scared of competition?

    The GOP can't stomach the prospect of American consumers having free choice over their healthcare programs.
    By David Sirota March 14, 2009

  • The A-word

    It's starting to look a lot like an apocalypse.
    By David Sirota March 7, 2009

  • Robin Hood Republicanism?

    If Democrats protect Wall Street at the expense of taxpayers, the GOP could revive its political prospects by embracing populism.
    By David Sirota February 28, 2009

  • Past the point of no return

    With unemployment rising, a healthcare crisis and the planet on the brink of incineration, the stimulus bill is only the first step in fixing the nation's problems.
    By David Sirota February 21, 2009

  • America's narcotic of choice

    The Michael Phelps saga is yet another example of our addiction to feigned outrage.
    By David Sirota February 16, 2009

  • Obama's team of zombies

    Even under the new president, Washington is the same one-party town it always has been -- controlled not by Democrats or Republicans, but by thieves.
    By David Sirota February 7, 2009

  • Moving the center to the left

    Just as Republican congressmen moved President Bush to the right, so Washington's Democrats are now pushing Obama to the left.
    By David Sirota January 31, 2009

  • Hoping for more than hope

    Despite the joy brought by Obama's inauguration, it was only natural to experience a twinge of anxiety while celebrating at the edge of an abyss.
    By David Sirota January 24, 2009

  • Obama sells out to Wall Street

    The president-elect's support of the bank bailout is payback to his wealthy Wall Street supporters.
    By David Sirota January 17, 2009

  • Did you hear FDR prolonged the Great Depression?

    Conservatives' newest talking point -- designed to stop Congress from passing an economic stimulus package -- is breathtaking.
    By David Sirota January 2, 2009

  • We all live in Las Vegas now

    Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will "Viva Las Vegas" always be America's motto?
    By David Sirota December 22, 2008

  • We told you so

    Progressives were right about the financial crisis but were ignored. Will they be listened to now?
    By David Sirota December 15, 2008

  • Those other elections

    With our national fixation on Obama and the White House, it's easy to overlook local results and the real progressive mandate.
    By David Sirota December 6, 2008

  • Bush sets free-trade trap for Obama

    The outgoing president wants to spur Democratic infighting by attaching an agreement with Colombia to the economic stimulus package. Obama should say, "no deal."
    By David Sirota November 15, 2008

  • Obama, be progressive!

    Voters want you to go big and go liberal -- and not channel Clinton-style incrementalism.
    By David Sirota November 8, 2008
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