Month: August 2005

Suddenly in 2002, I realized that there were people called “liberals” who were held in serious disdain by the people who were called “conservatives.” It happened the day we said to a family member that we...

Cross-posted at CA-48: Turning Orange County Blue Every couple of months, a Democratic politician or blogger promises to play hardball and engage in tactics employed by dirty Republican campaigns. And then? Nothing. History...

[From the diaries by susanhu.] Larry C. Johnson The clueless right wing is up in arms over the momentum of the Cindy Sheehan anti-war movement. There appears no depth they will not plumb, nor mudpit they will not enter in their...

It has been a month without any news except The New York Times.  I know I’m not the most up to date guy on the block anymore.  I’ve accepted it.  But, I had a very scary moment two days ago, which...

George Bush has said that he cannot waive a magic wand and lower gas prices. Of course, he could have championed a real energy policy to wean us off the teat of Middle Eastern oil. He could have dramatically raised the fuel...