Apparently our school system here is teaching evolution but also discussing Intelligent Design in science classes as well. I am retired, and I am not sure just how far they go with it. I am not sure of the intent of the...
Read MoreVote just taken was a sight to behold, if for nothing the else the absolute rage of Sen. Stevens of Alaska. Interesting to note that the Hawaiian boys both changed their votes to “Yes” (kill it) in this go...
Read MoreGadfly is Marty Aussenberg, a columnist for the weekly Memphis Flyer. Marty is a former SEC enforcement official, currently in private law practice in Memphis, Tennessee. (A full bio is below the fold.) Cross-posted at The...
Read MoreWhether or not Presidents Carter and Clinton violated the FISA act on their watches is, at the end of the day, irrelevant. Two wrongs don’t make a right, nor do three ,or four, or a thousand. All that really...
Read MoreJonathan Schell nails it in the latest edition of The Nation magazine (online edition): The danger is not abstract or merely symbolic. Bush’s abuses of presidential power are the most extensive in American history. He has...
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