Month: October 2007

Reading over the excellent liveblogging of today’s Blackwater hearing over at FDL I’m struck by how much Erik Prince sounds like Ted Bell’s   seminal fictional character, Alexander Hawke.  Literally,...

    What defines a hero? Today we use the term so loosely; I think it has lost much of its luster.  Dictionary.com the online dictionary has this definition – somebody who commits an act of remarkable...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe Great Dismal Swamp used to be known for hideouts for Revolutionary spies, Civil War spies, cypress trees and the nemesis of Stephen Colbert...

Bowers has thoughtfully put together some electoral college maps that, based on the latest state polling, show that Rudy Guiliani is the best hope for the Republicans. For example, Rudy crushes Edwards 327-211 and Obama 297-229,...

After many years of political disappointment, more progressives, liberals and conservatives – and certainly moderates and independents – know in their hearts that voting for Democrats or Republicans is a waste....