This post originally appeared at Smoking Politics. Howie Carr, a minor clog in the Right's noise machine, who writes a column for The Boston Herald among other things, did a beautiful job showcasing what the world looks like when you … [Read more...]
Now We Can Concentrate On How We Welcome Them Home.
When President Obama re-affirmed his commitment to have all the troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011, my thoughts went to two different groups of veterans and one remarkable project I was recently introduced to. On the Kerry Campaign in … [Read more...]
Amy Goodman In New Bedford This Weekend.
This coming weekend, hundreds of inspiring and inspired people will come together in New Bedford, Massachusetts for the 7th Annual Connecting for Change conference. A Bioneers by the Bay Conference, Connecting for Change is a gathering of … [Read more...]
Don’t Do as the Senate Does – Act Now on Climate Change
2010 has been a year of missed opportunities for the environment. From no progress or worse on the international climate action stage, to a clean energy bill in the U.S. Senate that is still on ice despite the worst environmental disaster … [Read more...]
Americans Don’t Burn Books.
Enough is enough. Enough with the bigotry and the hate. Enough with the race-baiting and the fake debate about the Ground Zero Mosque. Enough of white Americans putting up fences to keep their fellow humans out. Enough of the … [Read more...]
Take A Break From Kicking Republicans. (And Save Lives In Africa.)
I will keep this brief. Today, in honor of The World Cup, Yahoo has turned their special Penalty Shootout Game (RED) in order to help raise money for AIDS In Africa. What this means is that all day today, you can take a break and play … [Read more...]
One Month After The Oil Spill, It’s Time To Act.
Today, on the month anniversary of the spill, I think we all need to take a moment and realize what the spill really means - the devastation in the Gulf is a reflection of our collective failure to force Washington and our elected … [Read more...]
Are You S***ing Me?
Drill Baby Drill as it Spills Baby Spills. You see these tin-eared morons of deafness claim, if we don't drill here, we're going to have to drill over there and you see we'd rather drill here. After all, now there's news BP is going to try … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: Don’t Forget. It’s The People’s Seat.
It appears to me that Scott Brown is having a touch of an identity crisis. Or maybe it's a crisis of a man who is debating between his own beliefs and the beliefs of the national party he belongs to and the far right wing of that … [Read more...]
When You Add 2,400 Businesses And Lose Three, You’re Winning
Two weeks ago, BP America, Caterpillar Inc. and ConocoPhillips decided not to renew their membership in the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), an alliance of major businesses and environmental groups calling for federal regulation to … [Read more...]
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