Month: February 2007

Was 2006 a Turning-Point Election?

Today in TomDispatch, Steve Fraser considers whether the election last November was a turning point, the way the elections in which Lincoln, FDR, and Reagan were elected were turning points. It makes for an interesting read, and...

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Let’s stop beating around this Bush

…If Americans want change, and they really mean it, they must force it at the local and state level, and forget about the people they’ve sent to the Capitol in D.C. It’s the small towns and big cities that need...

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Where Am I?

Something I seem to ask rather frequently these days.  Standing in Pyramid Lake in Northern Nevada My mind is  swimming as it has been all this week with the mountain of lies and counter-lies that are building up...

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On Supporting The Iraqi Resistance

Iraqi insurgents’ claim to be “fighting for the liberation of their country” is, according to Prime Minister Tony Blair, “a palpable lie.” Let’s leave aside for a moment the question of...

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