Month: February 2008

Everyone is focusing on the March 4th contests in Ohio and Texas, but there are contests in Rhode Island and Vermont that day as well. Vermont is probably a safe bet to go to Obama, but polling has shown Hillary Clinton ahead in...

As I reported in a previous diary, on Wednesday, February 13, the town of Beit Ummar was put under curfew and was declared a closed military zone.  Some tragic events had occured in Beit Ummar a few weeks prior. On Friday,...

There’s something about the arguments I’ve been hearing that doesn’t sit well with me. Can you guess what it is? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8551.html “-Winning Democratic primaries is not a...

What’s the latest outrage?

Since the blogosphere is abuzz over whether Barack Obama is a sexist, and whether the word “periodical” has anything to do with menstruation (hint: it doesn’t), I’ve decided to disengage from the...