Michael Winship's Salon stories

Friday, Oct 23, 2009 17:24 PDT

Texas, the eyes of Justice are upon you

The Lone Star State mourns a justice-for-all judge while enduring a governor who's in love with the death penalty
Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 00:17 PDT

The Nobel Prize, with an asterisk

It's not that strange to get an "aspirational" peace prize, but now the president has to earn it
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 00:06 PDT

Washington's revolving doors are bad for your health

Healthcare reform might be easier if so many industry lobbyists didn't once work for legislators like Max Baucus
Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 00:05 PDT

Gelbart and Schulberg depart an ever stranger land

Two great writers who knew from demagogues and mass hysteria died recently. I wonder what they're thinking now
Saturday, Sep 19, 2009 03:18 PDT

Wall Street buys Washington

Washington is still an industry town. It's just a different industry than you might think
Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 03:12 PDT

The photo of a fallen soldier

The death of Marine Joshua Bernard, captured in a controversial photo, reminds us of the war that won't end
Friday, Aug 21, 2009 03:45 PDT

Tom DeLay and the Woodstock Nation

What if the heavy-footed "Dancing With the Stars" contestant's worldview hadn't won out over peace and love?
Saturday, Aug 8, 2009 03:08 PDT

Neighborhood watch on planet Earth

We need to keep going to space to know what's happening down here
Monday, Jul 27, 2009 03:25 PDT

Will Obama sell out to the healthcare industry?

If all the big industry players get what they want, the country won't get the reform it needs
Monday, Apr 27, 2009 19:34 PDT

Time to put "wealth on trial" again?

Congress needs to investigate the reasons behind the economic collapse -- the way Ferdinand Pecora probed the '29 market crash, and made tycoons confess their financial sins.
Thursday, Apr 9, 2009 03:28 PDT

Obama: Stop protecting Wall Street bankers from Main Street

The president needs to stop shielding financial executives from the pitchfork-wielding public.

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