Month: August 2006

I wanted to write about the district judge that ruled that the NSA’s warrantless domestic surveillance program is illegal. But Washington Post editor Fred Hiatt says her ruling is unhelpful. So, never mind. Apparently, the...

Yesterday I drove from my home in Mass. to attend the Lamont-Edwards event held on the Yale campus in New Haven, CT. It was amazing. I was granted unprecedented access to both Edwards and Lamont. I taped the speech, the blogger...

Courtesy of Raw Story An environmentalist group that once held up Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman as an “environmental champion” is so far witholding its financial backing for the embattled Democrat, RAW STORY...

Thanks to all who have expressed interest in exploring labor history as part of a BT Tribute to Labor Day: Working:Together I’ve set up a tentative schedule based on your comments.  There are some...

Iraq’s a mess. The U.S. Army and Marine ground forces will take a decade and billions to rebuild so that they are again effective. Israel, the occupied territories and Lebanon are a mess. Iran  is becoming more of a...