Month: June 2007

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. – Langston Hughes

At various times during discussion of Israel and Palestine on Daily Kos, pro-Israelis will come up with a reference to the European Union having a definition of antisemitism and claiming that it has been officially adopted by...

Update [2007-6-4 23:39:1 by BooMan]: Senator Craig Thomas has passed away. Out of respect I won’t discuss the vacated senate seat for a couple of days. My condolences to his family and friends. The Guru notes something...

David S. Cloud and Damien Cave of the New York Times report that the push in Baghdad isn’t measuring up.  A U.S. assessment, completed in May, showed that American and Iraqi troops control less than one third of the...

Also posted at My Left Wing and the Independent Bloggers’ Alliance I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. I like the top 40 music from the 80s. Yes, it was fluffy and bouncy and silly, and, as far as artistic...