Month: June 2006

…For a brief time, the people welcomed the fall of Saddam and were grateful to the US for getting rid of him. However the appointment of a puppet government under an American Viceroy didn’t sit well with the Iraqis....

At least once a month it seems I have a “Judith Moore day”, Judith being Holly Hunter’s character in Living Out Loud: “Awful, awful, what do they expect us to do with all this information? What am I...

The House of Representatives was busy yesterday engaging in vicious class warfare against working families.Their two signature accomplishments were: 1) striking the proposed increase in the minimum wage from the Labor-HHS bill,...

Yesterday morning I awoke to news that I wish I had known earlier.  “Today, June 20, 2006, is World Refugee Day.”  I found my own lack of awareness for the date troubling.  I pondered further; I...

As Bush travels the country raising $27 million for his fellow compassionate conservatives in one night, the people of New Orleans continue to suffer beyond comprehension. Suicide rates are higher than they’ve ever been,...