Remember, we live in a dollar democracy. Spend your holiday votes wisely this year. BuyBlue.org, now celebrating their first anniversary, has posted their 2005 Blue Christmas Holiday Shopping Guide.  … [Read more...]

The FEC has initiated a rulemaking process to redefine "coordinated communications" between outside groups and federal candidates and political parties, according to the latest Nonprofit Navigator newsletter from Washington D.C. law firm … [Read more...]

Satirical Canadian website The Hammer reports that the CIA's Tortured Arab Airlines was recently refused permission to land in Toronto. Anne McLellan, Minister of Public Order and Discipline, denied the report, the website said. "There was … [Read more...]

This was a really, really cool event today. I was fortunate enought to be the representative from Blue Mass. Group. Terrific talks from Stirling Newberry and Frederick Clarkson, and a discussion about blog tech with John Garfunkel of … [Read more...]

In the 27th Middlesex, mid-Somerville, we have two Democrats facing each other in a primary on January 10th.  Both of them strongly support equal marriage, and the winner will be the only one on the ballot in the general election in … [Read more...]

"Saddam Hussein followed through on his threat to boycott his trial Wednesday," the Associated Post reported today. Am I missing something? Didn't we just spend $224 billion dollars, lose 2,132 troops, and dig Rumsfeld's old buddy Mr. … [Read more...]

Now to the list of people who are abusing my retirement prospects we can add the greedy CEOs.  Verizon announced today that it will no longer be contributing to the defined-benefit pension plans for about 50,000 management employees to … [Read more...]

Eisenthal's got the scoop. … [Read more...]

The strain of the growing resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq is taking its toll on our canine soldiers. "Before the war in Iraq, it was normal for handlers to stay with their dogs for three to four years. Now, in order to keep the … [Read more...]

<a href="http://www.hcfama.org/blog/2005/12/joe-kleins-early-valentine-sigh-to.html">John McDonough's got the take-down of Joe Klein's <a … [Read more...]