The firing of eight United States Attorneys by the Bush Justice Department offers a fascinating insight into the way this administration works and of its totalitarian instincts, whereby the Republican Party and the machinery of government are so inextricably linked that it is hard to separate one from the other.
There appears little doubt that at [...]
Archive for April, 2007
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
Calvin Trillin
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128 pages
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart
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240 pages
Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday in his home in Manhattan. Gone is one of America’s greatest voices. New York Times story here, and links to reviews of books, essays, photos, etc. here. NPR story here.
And here at BordersMedia.com I came across an excellent interview and overveiw of Vonnegut’s life and work by Douglas Brinkley, professor of [...]
A house in Tacoma WA was mostly dismantled this past weekend, thanks to a craigslist ad inviting people to come to the property and take anything they want.
Unfortunately, the home owner did not place the ad. It appears that someone, perhaps with a grudge against the owner posted the ad. The homeowner, who recently evicted a [...]
The Supreme Court ruled this week that the EPA could not sidestep its authority to regulate CO2 emissions unless it could prove there is no scientific basis to do so.
Scientists around the world overwhelmingly agree that man’s burning of fossil fuels has greatly contributed to the level of CO2 in our atmosphere, and that the [...]
Why his father’s ashes of course! That’s Keith with his son and his father Bert, who died in August 2002.
And here’s what he had to say to British magazine NME recently:
“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a [...]
The price of Seattle’s incompetence
Published by April 3rd, 2007 in Miscellaneous and Politics. 0 CommentsThe city of Seattle will pay $1 million to WTO protesters who were arrested in Westlake Park seven years ago and will clear their records, in a settlement announced today.
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It’s Too Early to Judge the Surge a Success
Published by April 2nd, 2007 in Iraq and al Qaeda. 1 CommentThe deployment of additional forces to Baghdad as part of the escalation of the United States war effort in Iraq had hardly started when right-wing pundits and politicians were lauding what they said were positive signs. These were the same people who had admonished sceptics that early judgements about the success or failure of the [...]
Bravo Democrats! Now Comes the Hard Part
Published by April 2nd, 2007 in Iraq and Politics. 2 CommentsUnlike Republicans, who seem almost genetically disposed to march in lockstep, getting Democrats to act in unison is a challenge akin to herding cats through an obstacle course. Kudos then to Senate and House leaders who rallied their members in both houses recently to pass emergency funding bills for Iraq, each of which represents a stunning [...]
