December 11, 2005
Walken for President?
I think this is for real: Christopher Walken is running for president....
March 21, 2005
Rumi Nation
“Later this week, the US state department is flying leading American poet and translator Coleman Barks to Afghanistan with plans...
February 12, 2005
Reich Here, Reich Now
Maybe it's because I've been looking at picture of Catholic officials saluting Hitler, but I found this account of...
November 09, 2004
Election Maps
Maps and cartograms of the 2004 US presidential election results. An intriguing visual analysis by Michael Gastner, Cosma Shalizi, and...
September 29, 2004
2004 Voter's Information Guide
Have you registered to vote?...
May 29, 2004
Pennsylvania Fairs
So they're giving $175,000 for PA fairs. Why you may ask? “Fairs expose the urban and suburban population to the...
March 10, 2004
New Law to Ban Swords
I believe someone asked me once, and I quote: “Do you really anticipate your skill with a sword to come...
February 24, 2004
Pentagon Warns of Corporate Eco-Terrorism
When the Pentagon starts showing concern for the biosphere, (‘Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us’ [The...
January 21, 2004
More Bloody Swords
I don't know about an arm and a leg, but a hand is worth 8 years....
December 10, 2003
Ojibwa Chief Found in Yorkshire, England
So the father you never knew turns out to be an Indian chief and you're his last descendant? Yes, this...
November 20, 2003
Suffragettes = Terrorists
Had to share this since it seems to oddly reflect the way I'm feeling right now. The suffragettes had the...
October 13, 2003
Giant Turtles
Giant Vietnamese Turtle May Be Last of Breed A 6-foot turtle lives on this earth. That's a sacred thing in...
October 07, 2003
Why Do Blue-Collar Men Support George Bush?
Arlie Hochschild has an idea....
July 30, 2003
Bobblin' on the Road
It seems that sports and literature are finding a happy fit in Lowell, Massachusetts. Yes, that's the hometown of Jack...
July 16, 2003
Vaya Con Dios
Ay ay ay… Buena Vista Social Clubber Compay Segundo and Latin Music Queen Celia Cruz have died this week. As...
July 07, 2003
GIA
What's funny is I've been thinking of creating a web page for information on local elected officials. But these guys...
June 10, 2003
How Badly Do You Want to Win?
Here's a pragmatic and hard-nosed speech delivered recently by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois). As disappointed as I am with our...
June 03, 2003
Mountain Rebels
In reading the response of the locals to Eric Rudolph's life as a fugitive, I'm reminded of the difference between...
May 22, 2003
Machiavelli
Here's a lovely little essay on how Machiavellian politics lives proudly and without shame in these United States of America....
May 06, 2003
Man on Horseback
Paul Krugman has written a response to the President's photo-op and on the absence of critical thought in our free...
May 01, 2003
From Sea to Oily Sea
Unreal. I just read this article in The Minnesota Daily about the current wave of resignations by former environmental stewards...
April 28, 2003
Save Our Constitution
Tim Robbins is eloquent, as displayed in his speech to the National Press Club on the 15th. I'm extremely bothered...
April 09, 2003
An Open Mind on Iraq
I think in conversation you would find that my political sentiments are more complex than one category would encompass. I have been reading articles/postings by people who identify themselves as conservatives to better appreciate their points of view, most notably Winds of Change.
I’m happy to see the Iraqis celebrating in Baghdad. They deserve all that and more.
March 31, 2003
Which War?
“I thought we should act as their protector -- not try to get them under our heel.... But now --...
My Lai, 2003
Perhaps hard to find now, but The Scotsman still has a story on the invaders’ reaction to the suicide bombing...
March 29, 2003
Fit to Print
So… who the fuck tells us the truth again? Who owns the media? Check out Matt Taibi's tirade on our...
March 21, 2003
“The Arrogance of Power”
Senator Robert C. Byrd gave a speech this Wednesday entitled “The Arrogance of Power.” I was surprised to find a...
March 20, 2003
Supporting the Troops
My dad served proudly in the U.S. Air Force for 30 years and attained the rank of Chief Master Sergeant....
March 18, 2003
Mapping Iraq
I love maps. And I use them to keep track of what's happening internationally. I kept a map of Afghanistan...
March 17, 2003
Blood
Salon’s interview with Mr. Arthur Kent contains the truth about America’s march to Baghdad. I was surprised to find someone...
February 04, 2003
Opera 7 Final Released
I've been using Opera as my main browser for a while now (hmm, over a year, I think). So...
January 28, 2003
State of the Union
Every year at this time I think about Thomas Jefferson, who delivered a letter to Congress and didn't make a...
January 26, 2003
Strange Bedfellows
This is late, as usual, but you should be aware of who has organized the anti-war protests. It bothers me...
January 09, 2003
Sharon not Sharon
Paying attention? Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been accused of 'taking a private $1.5 million loan from a South African...
January 07, 2003
George W. Bush, Liberal
George W. Bush, Liberal by Ted Rall. Are conservatives against the environment? Who historically has pushed for war?...
