Month: June 2005

John McGowan, pinch-hitting for Michael Berube, posted an important diary today on Berube’s blog.  He’s talking about democracy, and that it can never be real with one-party rule: The basic idea is simple:...

A woman walks into a curio shop in San Francisco. Looking around at the exotica, she notices a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat.  It has no price tag, but is so striking she decides she must have it. She...

Ok, so I’m new here, one of the many refugees from the pie wars.  But this is not going to be about pie wars, I promise!  Of course since the great pie wars of ’05, gender and the socialization surrounding...

“[A]n attempt to transform Muslim societies through regime change is likely to dramatically increase the threat we face. The root cause of suicide terrorism is foreign occupation and the threat that foreign military...

From CNN.com: James Edward Reed, Kaufman, Texas, conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, sentenced January 1975 to 18 months in prison and two years special parole. Now you have got to be shitting me on this...