I'm sure this news will make some happy. Catholic Citizenship has announced that Larry Cirignano is stepping down to "head up a national organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. dealing with same-sex marriage and other public … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2007
RIP Molly Ivins
Columnist Molly Ivins has died at age 62, reportedly of breast cancer. There is a nice appreciation here, by some folks who have known her for a long time. … [Read more...]
Herald front-pages Boston violence
Today's startling Herald front page:The story paints a pretty grim picture.The 54 teenagers slain in Boston since the start of 2004 account for nearly half of the 123 teens murdered over the past 10 years.Prior to Dec. 22, just three … [Read more...]
R.I.P. Molly Ivins
Just heard that Molly Ivins passed away. While I did not always agree with her commentary I did consider her column a must read. You've got to admit the "Shrub" label she gave to George W. really fit! … [Read more...]
Redstate Blogger: Rev. Drinan is Burning in Hell
And that brings us to Hell's newest permanent resident: Robert Drinan. Read on.A more vicious, nastier human being has rarely lived -- not because he was a lawyer (although that's a good first step); not because he voted for, and avidly … [Read more...]
Galvin -Wasting Tax $ for his own publicity- Nifong of the North
Massachusetts' top financial regulator today sued hedge fund manager Phillip Goldstein, who successfully curbed regulators' reach into the $1.3 trillion industry, for allegedly allowing unqualified investors to look at his … [Read more...]
Turner Broadcasting can go f%#& itself
HT to milo2000, who notes the WBZ story confirming that today's "suspicious device" scare that shut down parts of I-93 and Storrow Drive -- thereby making thousands of drivers sit in stalled traffic for hours -- are part of some stupid … [Read more...]
Private Armies in the U.S.: Bad for Democracy
An interesting Op-Ed in the LA Times the other day by Jeremy Scahill, also covered by DemocracyNow, about the rise of the Blackwater Corporation, which provides mercenaries to the U.S. in Iraq and elsewhere. Scahill is a fellow at the … [Read more...]
Lite Brite Hoax
Word on the street is that the "bomb scare" in Boston today was a bunch of Lite Brite boxes with Cartoon Network Characters on it. Okay.. if you are going to do a hoax that big can't you at least put anti-war slogans on it or … [Read more...]
BMG receives grant from “BlogPac”
Chris Bowers, Matt Stoller, Laura Packard, and some of the other fine folks who are Jerome Armstrong blog at MyDD.com have set up a new organization called "BlogPac." The idea, not surprisingly, is to raise money to support … [Read more...]
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