Month: May 2005

roses suggested I pass along to everyone here a Letter to the Editor I had published in this morning’s Austin American-Statesman concerning the recent filibuster compromise: Cornyn loses relevance One of the biggest losers...

Yes, apparently it does, because an Iraqi Air Force aircraft just went down near the Iranian border: An Iraqi Air Force aircraft crashed northeast of Baghdad close to the Iranian border on Monday with four U.S. military...

3.6 million people urgently need food: Write your Senators, Representative, and the State Dept. Jan Egeland ranks the country of Niger as ”the number-one forgotten and neglected emergency in the world”. The U.N....

There are many ways to express love of country, sometimes even by resisting misguided leaders.  Today, however, we memorialize those who willingly served in our country’s military, many dying or suffering...

This diary is written in case Susan doesn’t get my emails for any reason.  I’ve been reviewing the documents from the FBI interrogations of Gitmo prisoners released on May 25th.  I found one in particular...