Month: December 2005

Liberal Street Fighter Update [2005-12-6 16:48:0 by Madman in the Marketplace]:Arianna Huffington has a snarky takedown up on Hillary’s shameless pandering to the right: TO: ALL FROM: HRCRSSCT (Hillary Rodham Clinton Red...

As many of us here try to keep the issue of torture alive in the blogosphere, the question of the causes of torture must arise. Why do seemingly normal people inflict pain on others? Do we train our soldiers to be cruel, or do...

Here’s an OPEN THREAD for rants, beginning with the master of rants, Chris Floyd, columnist for Moscow Times and St. Petersburg Times, who also published “Death Mask: The Deliberate Disintegration of Iraq” in...

Brian Schweitzer, Bill Richardson. Janet Napolitano. Like ’em or not, these are Democratic governors who have gotten things done and continue to do so. Governors who are extremely popular in their respective home states...

I receive several newsletters by email subscription.  One of them that arrived in my inbox today contained this gem. It seemed especially pertanent reminder to me and the things that have been stirring up the frog pond the...