Month: January 2006

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 215

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters we honor courage in all its forms cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing. two images and poem below the fold An...

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Back to WORK, Slaves! Open Thread

Back to school too! No mo’ sleeping in! No mo’ lazy coffee and rolls and newspaper. No more channel surfin’. You’re back to keep the great American ee-con-onomee goin’ for Georgie. P.S. Reddhead...

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‘Bush Gone Wild,’ chapter 327

Various people in the media and blogosphere have been puzzled, asking why President Bush bypassed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Review Court (FISA) in obtaining domestic wiretaps and other surveillance. The search...

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The Return of the Condor

Jackson Diehl stepped up to the plate today and did what any good Washington Post Deputy Editorial Editor does. He wrote a Kissingeresque analysis of America’s ills in Latin America. Diehl portrays Venezuela’s Hugo...

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Alito is From Jersey: Your Point?

I’m from New Jersey. Apparently, that makes me some kind of pasty disheveled freak. David Kirkpatrick of the NY Times reports on Alito’s performance before the ‘murder’ boards. These are mock hearings...

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