Month: October 2006

Since this past Saturday, 24 more soldiers and Marines have joined the ranks of the more than 2700 American servicemen and women killed as a result of the ongoing Iraq catastrophe. The current President has stated that...

Cross posted at the front page of My Left Wing. Remember the big “crackdown” that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered in Baghdad back in June?   It’s cracking up. From the San Francisco Chronicle:...

Modern democracy is a very recent development in human history. Most people would place it at the founding of the US. Once the idea was planted, however, it took root and there has been a growth in this form of government since...

You know how the standard Republican response is always to blame the Democrats? Well, they’ve been doing it again in the Foley case, blaming Democrats for having known of the infamous emails and IM messages. The Dems then...

The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.  – Florence Shinn