“‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ought to be sung in English,” Kennedy told Chris Matthews last night, after the MSNBC “Hardball” host pressed him on the issue.Is there a the sense that we are threatened by slowly losing piece by … [Read more...]

Baghdad city policeman sitting pretty little targets in a rowSee how they die when the shrapnel flies see mothers cryI'm Lying...I'm Ly-ing...I'm Lying...I'm Ly-ingYellow cake uranium, imaginary WMD'sDeclassifying facts, exposing secret … [Read more...]

The fact is that everything in a University from the softer Social Sciences (like History) through to the softest of the soft Humanities (like Creative Writing) serve one function only. They are for branding. They give prestige to the … [Read more...]

So much for LeftyBlogs. We are happy to introduce the brand new BMG Mass o' Politics Feed (down and to the right): no ads, comments from both wings (progressive and regressive), plus feeds from interesting MSM like the Phoenix and the … [Read more...]

The ruling came after Mayor Michael Bloomberg fired a worker in the city's legislative office in Albany earlier this year after he saw the man playing a game of solitaire on his computer.In his decision, Spooner wrote: "It should be … [Read more...]