There are two tiers of justice in America. The rich get access to the courts and the ability to avoid accountability if they commit wrongdoing. The poor don’t.

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul had an interesting exchange in last night’s Republican Presidential debate. Mitt Romney appeared to say that it’s time to bring the troops home from Afghanistan, but he then hedged to the familiar refrain of having to base the decision on conditions on the ground and the advice of the generals. Paul gently reminded him that the President, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, is the top general; that we have civilian control of the military; and that such a CiC is well-equipped to make the call on troop withdrawals.

I was in federal court with Lt. Dan Choi today to hear Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela George announce that the government will prosecute him for demonstrating in front of the White House in November of last year. The trial will commence on August 29 in Washington, DC.

Double talk is not new in Washington, but it is never clearer than when we are simultaneously talking about deficit reduction and a continued presence in Afghanistan.

If you’re in the Boston area, please join this group of committed students who will convene at the Boston courthouse tomorrow at 6pm. For more information see the press release here, and the Civic Counsel website here.

Last month, a Gallup poll showed that, for the first time, a majority of Americans were in favor of giving gays the legal right to marry. And last night, given the choice between lining up behind the majority of the fellow citizens and a deeply unpopular, failed president, the Republican presidential candidates chose the latter.

The FBI is planning to revise its manual for agents in some rather frightening ways, officially codify the erosion of some of our privacy rights that have been taking place for years.

With some serious doubt as to whether they will hang on to their Majority in the Wisconsin State Senate, Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker are pushing their union stripping measure again in and “Extraordinary Session”.

I have no problem with people posting under pseudonyms, but when you claim to be something other than what you actually are to have some instant credibility, that is not acceptable. That is fraud.

The oft confused Sen. Lieberman gets taken to the woodshed by Nobel winner Paul Krugman. It turns out that the best way to hold down costs is not to cut Medicare but expand it.