Month: May 2006

"It’s hard to imagine a congressman more embarrassing… "

Posted by Andrew C White | May 4, 2006 |

… than John Sweeney of the New York 20th congressional district.” So begins the endorsement today of Kirsten Gillibrand by Democracy for America. “In addition to voting in lock-step with President Bush,...

East Coast Meetup

Posted by boran2 | May 4, 2006 |

Unfortunately my attention has been directed elsewhere as of late. I must apologize for this but below are some details that I have put together.The Clearwater Festival is as follows: June 17 & 18, 2006 Saturday &...

Testicles and lack thereof

Posted by Second Nature | May 4, 2006 |

I love Jane Smiley. I count ‘A Thousand Acres’ as one of my very favorite books. But now comes new reason to love her with this piece at the Huffington post. Imagine my dismay and disgust when I got back from...

Karen Armstrong turns religion on its head — "It’s how you behave, not believe"

Posted by Cogitator | May 4, 2006 |

Wow. This will surely get ignored as rapidly as Stephen Colbert’s recent performance at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Karen Armstrong, the former nun and author of numerous books on religions of the...

First Lady to Xenophobes – Get Over Yourselves!

Posted by XicanoPwr | May 4, 2006 |

One of the hallmarks of cultural xenophobia is the fear of “foreign loan words in a national language,” according to Wikipedia. This type of cultural xenophobia was very evident as several Latin musicians have gotten...