David Sirota - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/david_sirota/?source=rss&aim=david_sirota en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending! By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/27/colbert_conservatism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/27/colbert_conservatism/index.html?source=rss So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again Intelligentsia against intelligence By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/20/intelligentsia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/20/intelligentsia/index.html?source=rss How did we end up with know-nothings for wise men? The real deficit hawks By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/13/deficit_hawks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/13/deficit_hawks/index.html?source=rss Critics decry the healthcare bill as fiscally irresponsible. Where's the outrage over the defense budget? Meet TARP on steroids By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/30/tarp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/30/tarp/index.html?source=rss A quiet new measure may let the government give away even more of your money to banks Why is it bad to smoke weed and OK to sell beer? By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss Michael Phelps smoked a bong, Lance Armstrong is pushing alcohol. Why is Phelps the bad guy? We are what we trade (and how we trade it) By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/06/trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/06/trade/index.html?source=rss International trade affects our healthcare, the economy and the environment -- in other words, everything Good healthcare policy makes good politics -- and vice versa By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/17/snowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/17/snowe/index.html?source=rss Forget Olympia Snowe; pass the right healthcare bill, and voters will reward you What's with all the zombies? By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/zombies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/zombies/index.html?source=rss Maybe the undead creatures surfacing everywhere in pop culture have something to do with Washington and Wall Street Who are "the deciders"? By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/03/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/03/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss It's upside-down for political leaders to defer to military decisions Obama crushes Democratic dissent By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/26/sirota_primaries/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/26/sirota_primaries/index.html?source=rss The president is obstructing his own agenda by shielding incumbent senators from primary challengers Washington's selective deficit disorder By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/19/sirota_deficits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/19/sirota_deficits/index.html?source=rss They blew billions on wars and bailouts, but spending cash that actually helps people seems to bother politicians We've seen this healthcare trigger before By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/12/trigger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/12/trigger/index.html?source=rss The provision is designed to make us wait for a public option that will never come A party is not a movement By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/05/sirota_movements/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/05/sirota_movements/index.html?source=rss In 2008, progressive groups subverted their own agendas in the name of electoral unity. Where does that leave them? War is not a video game By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/29/military_marketing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/29/military_marketing/index.html?source=rss The military's marketing machine gives potential recruits science fiction instead of the bloody reality of war What it means to wear a gun in public By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/sirota_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/22/sirota_guns/index.html?source=rss Bringing a weapon to a rally isn't about exercising your own rights -- it's about threatening other people's rights Champion of the mere mortals By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/15/sirota_hughes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/15/sirota_hughes/index.html?source=rss John Hughes taught us to value the non-famous, the unimportant and the flawed The me-first, screw-everyone-else crowd By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/08/sirota_selfish/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/08/sirota_selfish/index.html?source=rss Nothing will keep the rich from whining about how tough easy street is Healthcare tyranny By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/01/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/01/sirota/index.html?source=rss Politicians with ties to the insurance industry are keeping the U.S. from real healthcare reform The rich have never had it so good By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/25/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/25/sirota/index.html?source=rss Taxing the wealthy could help the poor? Not if Congress has anything to do with it Ready or not, here comes China By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/18/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/18/sirota/index.html?source=rss Outside of China's gleaming cities, the country's growth has been accompanied by tremendous pollution Dream big, Obama By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/20/dream/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/20/dream/index.html?source=rss The president should be a revolutionary, not just a reformer Waiting for Obama By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/13/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/13/sirota/index.html?source=rss States are pushing ahead with their own reforms instead of waiting for the president to act. Obama's trail of broken promises By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/06/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/06/sirota/index.html?source=rss The prophet of hope now doesn't even bother with explanations when he reneges on his campaign pledges. Democracy needs a bailout By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/30/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/30/sirota/index.html?source=rss Forget the loss of investigative journalism. The passive American public is the biggest threat to democracy. The house that taxpayers built By David Sirota Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/23/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/23/sirota/index.html?source=rss New York's billionaire mayor used public funds to build the new Yankee Stadium for the richest team in sports.