Month: January 2009

When is a hate crime not a hate crime? Apparently when you are a Latino or Latina living in Suffolk County, Long Island. But that may be about to change. In the last days of the Bush administration suddenly the Department of...

I have translated a current op-ed by Kåre Willoch, Prime Minister of Norway for the Conservative Party 1981-1986, on the Palestinian question. Mr. Willoch, b. 1928, is one of the most respected former statesmen in...

Ricardo Montalban has passed away at 88 years of age. That brings back happy childhood memories. The first season was AWESOME!! And who can forget the Cordoba?

The Manhattan apartment building where Bernard L. Madoff lives on New York City’s Upper East Side. AP Photo by Brian McDermott What crime do I have to commit to get sentenced to house arrest at Bernie Madoff’s...

I love politics. But I don’t know if I can stand to watch the hordes of Malkinese wingnuts over the next year. Now that they are disempowered, they’re really not very interesting. A car wreck has more...