Month: September 2005

New Zealand Election: Right To The Wire

New Zealand’s general election will be held on September 17th, and with less than two days to go, it looks as if it will go right to the wire.  Two polls released tonight show different results, with one showing the...

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The Charade OPEN THREAD

Alan Dershowitz on MSNBC’s The Abrams Report yesterday: ” [T]he whole thing [the Roberts confirmation hearing] has been a sideshow. We didn‘t hear one word about the rights of atheists, of dissidents, of criminal...

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hello from kid o.

I went to a Giants game and missed the brouhaha…oi vey! (and yes, the Giants lost) Forgive me booman, but I’m NOT going to crosspost this anywhere else for obvious reasons…dKos needs no Meta from me tonight,...

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New Orleans, Jazz, and Democracy

Jazz at Lincoln Center is hosting an extraordinary Katrina benefit concert on September 17th, “Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert.” This important event will be broadcast live on PBS and NPR and other...

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