Month: June 2005

If you are like me — a straight, white, middle class, progressive-minded male — you are concerned/sympathetic/empathetic/angry about the state of African-Americans in this country. But you rarely, if ever, get a...

Crossposted at the daily kos earlier I conducted an online interview with Josh Balk of the Humane Society of The United States.  Mr. Balk is the Outreach Coordinator for the Factory Farm Campaign and was happy to answer of...

First of all, thanks for the warm welcome back. I appreciate all of your comments in my previous diary. Just a quick update on my health: I had to visit my doctor today because I’m still experiencing severe pain in my left...

My mind has wandered….from memories of Anne Bancroft in The Graduate to the lyrics of Mrs. Robinson and specifically to the phrase about Joltin’ Joe. Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon. Going to the...

Insurgents linked to the former Taliban regime have set off a wave of violence in Afghanistan, launching a string of almost daily bombings and assassinations that have killed dozens of U.S. and Afghan military personnel and...