Month: May 2010

Casual Suggestion

I think we should make a deal with the Republicans. We won’t nominate anyone from Massachusetts if they won’t nominate anyone from Texas. Nothing against the good people of the Bay State, but they can just take one...

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A Scarred Past

I can’t believe that we’re really debating the Civil Right Act of 1964, but that’s what we’re forced to do now that Kentucky Republicans nominated a Paulist as their U.S. Senate candidate. Now, Princeton...

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1,000 Words About Ghana

Crossposted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. We understand why Barack and Michelle Obama made Ghana their first stop on the African continent. When you touch down in Accra (or anywhere in Ghana), you...

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There’s One Extreme, Not Two

David Brooks is insufferable. He continues to moan about the inadequacies of the ‘center’ in this country. He so desperately wants to support someone or something, but there is no representation for his fantasyland...

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Wikileaks Under Australian Government Attack!

The whistle blower website Wikileaks is under attack by the Australian government.  From DemocracyNow: WikiLeaks Founder Has Passport Revoked in Australia The founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks has had his...

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