Month: September 2005

update from new zealand ..  the left-wing Labour party has the advantage, but the situation is not that simple. Labour can’t govern alone. They need 61 seats, and they have 50. It breaks down like this… Labour...

The General certainly has an enlightened view of rape: Mr Musharraf told the Washington Post that Pakistan should not be singled out on rape issues as other countries had the same problems. “You must understand the...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos) Just shy of three weeks since hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf, wreaking havoc on particularly Lousiana and Mississippi, tales of common heroism are emerging as a bright spot in what has...

So I’m at the 30th Street Station waiting for my parents’ train to show up, and I’m thirsty. There are four Pepsi machines in front of me. I put my $2 in one of them and select the button for water. It tells me...

While we were busy helping out Katrina victims, railing against governments’ stupendous failures, and trying to figure out what the Democrats should do next, conservatives in DC have been busy having meetings to decide how...