Month: November 2005

Yes I know it’s early even for you East Coasters, but the other cafe is filling up so fast I thought I would just open up the night cafe early and get you all in the mood for having fun tonight. I decided to dress in...

The incidents have spread, and have become locally more violent, but this hides very different trends: In the greater Paris area, violence is now going down (426 cars burnt, including 18 in Paris itself, vs 741 the previous...

Those of us who sit on the Left side of the aisle (so to speak) of our local churches have long railed against the Religious Reich and the increasing ties between politics and religiosity (not necessarily religion). Here in...

How youse doin’?

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, my blog, and My Left Wing)I have two new heroes as of this past weekend.One is a Palestinian family and the other is a group of 23 teenaged girls. Come with me while I tell you a bit of their stories...