Month: April 2006

That was the message of a rather wealthy, influential conservative colleague of mine when he said, “The world would be a very different place if the Crusades had been successful.” His infinitely myopic display of...

For most of my life, I have been an Independent.  I think that I have thought through the things of politics that I consider most of all important to me as a citizen. When I became active politically, I was very let down in...

(cross-posted at DKos) This diary does not pretend to be authoratative in any way.  It is simply the result of research I’ve done on Google, and this is what I’ve found.  I’m sure some of you out...

First Democrat to Announce Candidacy for President on Monday Published on Thursday, April 13, 2006 by CommonDreams.org by Joe Lauria Senator Mike Gravel, D-Alaska NEW YORK — Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska,...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?  – Henry Ward Beecher If you don’t have any news today (and even if you do), feel free to provide a short book review or recommendation!