Despite rain and snow, it was standing room only at the Continental Cafe in Acton on Sunday for Jamie Eldridge's organizational meeting. There was palpable enthusiasm in the building as voters from throughout the district and beyond … [Read more...]
Archives for April 16, 2007
Are there no limits?
From Debbie Schlussel, a wingnut blogger who also appears regularly on Fox News Radio and other national outlets. This is from earlier today, when the Virginia Tech shooter's nationality was unclear.Here's what we know about the … [Read more...]
Life of Pi
One of my favorite books is Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I was looking online for when he new book was coming out and I came across an interesting little project he has undertaken."For as long as Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of Canada, I … [Read more...]
Blacksburg and Baghdad.
"And who is my neighbor?"I don't have much to say about the horror in Virginia today, except that as pointed out by Larry Johnson, this is what they go through every single day in Baghdad. I'm reminded that earlier this year a Baghdad … [Read more...]
Presidential Candidates Respond to Tragedy
Barack Obama's splash page reads: Today, we are a grieving and shocked nation. Violence has once again taken too many young people from this world. In Blacksburg, they were daughters. They were sons. They were our nation's new leaders. We … [Read more...]
Artistic Leverage on Darfur
Crossposted at The Eisenthal ReportThis morning's Boston Globe had an op-ed piece by Eric Reeves, a professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College. Reeves has spent much of the past several years working full-time to shed … [Read more...]
“Wanna get away?”
You know those airline commercials that show embarrassing situations -- and offer a way to escape? Think ex-Governor of Wisconsin and Presidential dark horse Tommy Thompson wants a one-way ticket somewhere else?Said Thompson: "I'm in the … [Read more...]
Congrats to Charlie Savage at the Globe
who won a Pulitzer Prize today for his series of articles exposing the Bush administration's unprecedented use of signing statements, in which they more or less assert that they don't have to follow the law if they don't feel like it. … [Read more...]
Fox Noise Tragedy Profiteering Machine in Virginia
Fox banner ad as seen on the Drudge Report at 6:15 pm. Worst Shooting in US History Worst News Outlet in US History. Where is the basic human decency? … [Read more...]
What’s wrong with elections in Boston?
Quite a lot, according to the study recently released by the Kennedy School's David King, who undertook the study at the behest of Mayor Menino after the 2006 debacle with a number of Boston precincts running out of ballots. You can … [Read more...]