Month: January 2006

A new chapter in the erosion of American workers’ pension benefits opened today, as Northwest Airlines Corporation’s 5000 pilots voluntarily approved a freeze on their defined benefit pension plan, and its...

Biill Buckley and Bill Safire, at least you two were familiar with the English language. Alas, your progeny are not similarly educated. In “Tears to Your Eyes: Joe Biden chortles while Alito’s wife weeps,” the...

Enough with the smug and obscuring bloviation from Republicans, it’s time WE vetoed Alito: This is the best and the brightest of the contact info, actions, and petitions I could dig up. Dig in: Phone, fax, and email...

Promoted from the diaries by Steven D, with some minor edits. Bob Herbert’s editorial in the NYTs today points out what most of us in the progressive blogosphere already know, but that the country at large seems to be...

Welcome newcomers! Please introduce yourself! Come on in! Coffee & Tea under the window, platters of treats on every table WiFi. Also, SciFi. Please recommend (and unrecommend the earlier Cafe) May the 4’s be with...