Just to be on the record as saying that Russ Feingold is totally, absolutely right about the cool reception his censure resolution has gotten from Senate Dems:Iâm amazed at Democrats, cowering with this presidentâs numbers so low.Let's … [Read more...]
Rumsfeld on the Importance of History
"I think the biggest problem we've got in the country is people don't study history any more. People who go to school in high schools and colleges, they tend to study current events and call it history. ... There are just too darn few … [Read more...]
Another email from my cousin in New Orleans
Self-righteousness prevails again. Itâs not about what I can do for my community, but what can I get my community do for me, and how much can I get them to do before I have squeezed the last bits out. Even some of the people who say they … [Read more...]
Education Not Enough?
An interesting article in the LA Times suggests that even highly-educated jobs are vulnerable to the great equalizer of outsourcing. The only thing that will protect jobs at home is if they cannot be performed remotely.A bit too extreme, I … [Read more...]
O’Connor v. DeLay
Charley called to my attention an NPR story about a speech that my former boss, Sandra Day O'Connor, gave in Washington the other day. In it, she reportedly lambasted the attacks on the independence of the federal judiciary by … [Read more...]
How to protest like a moron
Two Pace University students heckled Bill Clinton today, calling him a "war criminal".You know, we've got a President now who has set up a gulag archipelago from Cuba to Eastern Europe to Afghanistan; who has countenanced the worst possible … [Read more...]
RIP Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett, the Hall-of-Fame center fielder for the Minnesota Twins from 1984-1995, has died at age 45, one day after suffering a massive stroke.I remember watching Kirby Puckett play. And I can't think of another baseball player … [Read more...]
Book Tour: “Proud To Be Liberal”
Bill Scher (of Liberal Oasis) and Steve Almond are coming to the Boston area to promote a new collection of essays to which they contributed, "Proud To Be Liberal". I was a fan of Liberal Oasis before I put two and two together and … [Read more...]
California Whistleblower Charged
He adds, "Let's flood the Los Angeles DA's office with phone calls, letters and emails asking them not to crucify this whistleblower."Now of course, BE POLITE. Remember you are writing, calling and emailing the office of the Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Federal Court Dismisses Rendition Challenge
The article continues: Brooklyn District Court Judge David Trager cited the need for national security and secrecy in making his decision, but also raised the possibility of Canadian complicity in the decision to send Arar to Syria.As in … [Read more...]
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