Month: May 2006

Tribute to the Haymarket Martyrs

May 4 marked the 120th anniversary of the Chicago’s Haymarket “riot,” a police-provoked disturbance at a workers rally for which four innocent men were hung. Two of these four did nothing more than express...

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Jazz Jam Open Mike Night

Been crazy again this week with work, so I don’t have anything inspiring or profound or even funny or interesting to pass along. Feel free to use this as an open thread for talking about music or whatever you feel inspired...

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Porter Goss Left Because…?

Porter Goss resigned today as the Director of Central Intelligence. There are several possibilities for why Goss chose to resign now. One obvious possibility is that he intends to beat the filing deadline to enter the Republican...

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