First, a metaphor: inside the tall campus gates, thousands of students and faculty listened. Outside the gates hundreds of people, their faces streaming sweat, shouted at each other. "Send Hitler Home," battled numerous flapping Iranian … [Read more...]
Columbia Speaks Out
A quick follow-up to my earlier post about the visit today to Columbia by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. So far, so good as far as freedom of speech advocates are concerned. Inside the campus, student groups have voiced a variety of … [Read more...]
Frenzy at Columbia
The walkways are covered with pictures of teenagers being hanged, presumably for being gay, and men with bared backs displaying the scars of a fresh whipping (flogging was last carried out here in Delaware in 1952 and was legal there … [Read more...]
Sunday Cartoons
Given all the serious news today, I thought it was time to clean out my backblog of amusing entertainment videos. Justice, as Plato argued, is balance, and where would a self-respecting political blog be if we didn't also make room for … [Read more...]
Fair Punishment for Belichick
The Pats will lose a first round draft pick and be fined 250 large, and Belichick himself will be fined half million dollars for cheating in the recent thumping of the Jets.Fair punishment. The Pats are the finest team in the league by many … [Read more...]
Globe Spotlights Galluccio’s Drunk Driving Convictions
The Globe's Matt Viser focused on Cambridge City Councilor Anthony Galluccio's drunk driving arrest record in his survey today of Tuesday's Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex special Senate election. This is the second significant Globe article … [Read more...]
Burn Bush for Burner: $123,000+ from 3,197 people
Burn Bush for Burner was such a huge success -- over $123,000 raised -- the folks at DailyKos want to take it national. They've put a shout out to state and local blogs:We want to take the Burn Bush strategy to every district where a solid, … [Read more...]
Hometown Hero: Sage Systems
Sage suffered a blow when the DNC earlier this year chose competitor VAN to build a nationwide voterfile interface. The VAN system has subsequently been adopted by 49 state Democratic Parties. Massachusetts is the exception. In response, … [Read more...]
Comment rescue: John Walsh on software, strategy and the future
I describe my technical expertise this way. I don't know how they put the little people inside my TV; but I know how to use the clicker. I have found it to be a good perspective. I am like lots of people who need to use … [Read more...]
Burn Bush for Burner
In a sign of desperation Republican Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-08), facing a ferocious challenge from progressive Democrat Darcy Burner (who lost to him by less than 3% in 2006), has invited W. to a massive fundraiser Monday in Bellevue, … [Read more...]
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