Month: April 2005

Death of a Princess; Birth of Women’s Rights

Posted by Dean Pajevic | Apr 19, 2005 |

Cross-posted at Daily Kos. Today, the Kuwaiti parliament approved in principle a law “giving women in the conservative emirate the right for the first time to vote and stand in October’s municipal council...

Bolton Hearings

Posted by BooMan | Apr 19, 2005 |

Update [2005-4-19 14:41:20 by BooMan]:Oh, that was so beautiful, and the timing was exquisite. Lugar, clearly operating under enormous pressure from the White House, attempted to break precedent and force an up or down vote on...

Confess Your Environmental Sins

Posted by Dean Pajevic | Apr 19, 2005 |

Grist Magazine has opened a confessional today: “So tell us … what’s your dirty little environmental secret?” Below, confess your sins. I’ll go first:From Grist’s Soapbox column —...

The Best Food in the World

Posted by Londonbear | Apr 19, 2005 |

Now that’s not a headline you would associate with Britain but yet another wide preconception has been challenged this week. In a worldwide competititon, a small resturant in a town outside London has been named the best...

Wal-Mart: the $288 billion welfare queen

Posted by Another Ex Kerry Staffer | Apr 19, 2005 |

Cross posted at the Wake-Up Blog In today’s Tallahassee Democrat, FL State Rep. Susan Bucher has a nice analysis of Wal-Mart’s costs to taxpayers. Among the more important quotes are these: “It might be...