MO-8th Going Blue in 2010 !!

By: Tuesday September 14, 2010 2:59 am

In November the people of Missouri’s 8th district have the chance to send a Progressive to congress. To top it off it’s also Rush Limbaugh’s home district So here’s everything you need to know .

Obama Can’t Control His Generals – Time for Congress to Step in

By: Monday August 16, 2010 5:12 am

If President Obama is too weak to preserve our civilian-military order, then Congress is obligated to enforce its constitutional authority over the power of war.

The Petraeus Propaganda Tour: Who Supports the Troops?

By: Monday August 9, 2010 2:30 pm

The military is trying to tell us something. Ignore the propaganda from their leaders, our soldiers and their families have some very real questions about the war.

I read in the paper that you don’t care about Afghanistan

By: Friday July 30, 2010 3:36 pm

According to the New York Times and Congressman Joe Sestak, most people really aren’t concerned about the war in Afghanistan. What do you think?

Anti-War, at Home and Abroad

By: Tuesday July 27, 2010 5:30 pm

The state of the Anti-War movement in the United States and Pakistan, and the consequences for politicians in 2010.

A better way to spend our resources than Afghanistan: An Interview with Tommy Sowers, candidate in Missouri’s 8th

By: Friday July 23, 2010 3:09 pm

Today, in what I hope will become the first of a series, Josh Mull and I interviewed a challenger running for federal office who’s rethinking the war in Afghanistan.

Tommy Sowers is the Democratic candidate for Missouri’s 8th district, currently being held by Republican Jo Ann Emerson. He’s a veteran who served in Kosovo and Iraq. Yesterday, he published a widely read op-ed in the Huffington Post entitled “Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? The Question Congress Must Answer Now.”

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