Month: May 2006

From the Guardian via HuffPo: Tony Blair came under carefully choreographed public and private pressure from Gordon Brown’s closest supporters yesterday to set out the timetable for his departure in the wake of dire local...

I had intended to write a piece on Cheney’s speech in Vilnius yesterday and wrestled with the idea all afternoon and through the evening, at last too tired, too disinterested in the bastard to finish reading his painfully...

“[I]n times of crisis it’s interesting that people don’t turn to the novel or say, ‘We should all go out to a movie,’ or ‘Ballet would help us.’ It’s always poetry. What we want to...

…Accidents can be triggered through a variety of ways. With saber-rattling expected to reach fever pitch in the coming days and weeks, nerves will be frayed close to the war zone. A tensed commander from a US or Iranian...

Saturday Night at the Froggy Bottom Lounge Newcomers and Lurkers are welcome!. Just jump right in and introduce yourself. We like to both shake AND stir things up around here! Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge...