Month: August 2006

This diary is written on the working assumption that there is no conspiracy involving Bush and Blair and any desire to cover bad news. I am going to be looking at how the two administrations are presenting or exploiting the...

If you want to know why the fearmongering of the Bush administration works, you don’t have to look at a lot further than this: Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks...

Upon arriving home the other night, I almost tripped over an object across the floor from the sofa.  Closer examination revealed that it was a red toy Hummer.  It was the H1, to be exact.  You know, the original...

…Children also form the first casualties of adult violence. Their little patters are never fast enough when the telltale whistle of a shell homes in. Even nature is not merciful to them. Small steps scurrying from a...

August 10, 2006 Joe Lieberman: hello, I must be going Some people just don’t know when it’s time to acknowledge that the party is over and depart. Joe Lieberman has become a poster child for this illness of...