Month: July 2005

Cocooned in a morning fog

I wrote this (slightly edited) during this past winter, and after days of triple digit temperatures here, with no relief in sight, was moved to drag it out again because for some reason it makes me feel cooler, probably because...

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No SCOTUS-nomination now!

I have just read kid oakland’s recommended diary and some of the comments over at kos. Number one:  Please go read it! Number two:  There’s really no number two, but the diary and comments lead me to this...

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It Is John Roberts: AP

Via Slate: John RobertsAge: 50Graduated from: Harvard Law School.He clerked for: Judge Henry Friendly, Chief Justice William Rehnquist.He used to be: associate counsel to the president for Ronald Reagan, deputy solicitor general...

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New In Global Warming: Dueling Republicans

(Also posted at DailyKos and MyLeftWing) The fracas over global warming took a very public turn when House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) sent a strongly worded letter to Energy and Commerce Committee...

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Soj on London Bombings

London Bombings: Part 1 London Bombings: Part 2 London Bombings: Part 3 London Bombings: Part 4 From Part 4: I know that investigating the oddities of published reports puts me in the company of some real nuts and wackos. I also...

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