Month: July 2010

Yeah, I had noticed that the Gulf oil geyser seems to be doing approximately nothing to public opinion on environmental issues. I’m not sure what explains that other than we’re just deadened as a county, culture, and...

An action a day keeps the fascists at bay. How I Got Here I am a 40 year old gay guy who recently moved from the Midwest to Portland, Oregon.  I struggle with major depressive disorder, social phobia, at least one mood...

The dead can still speak through their writings. And no one’s writings are more relevant to what is going on today in Netanyahu’s Israel and the Palestinian territories than those of the late Tanya Reinhart. Tanya...

On Tuesday, July 6, 2010, the United States filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona to invalidate, and stop the enforcement of, S.B. 1070 (as amended by H.B. 2162). The United States, suing on behalf of itself, the U.S....

Steve Benen caught something most people missed. Senate Minority Whip, Jon Kyl of Arizona, went on Fox News yesterday and made an alarming declaration. “You should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes. Surely Congress...