Month: March 2011

Thoughtless Intervention

We can all argue about what it means to be a progressive. I believe the president is a progressive in the areas that I care about most. Foreign policy would be at the top of that list. He isn’t trying to overturn the apple...

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Florida is Ground Zero for Misgovernance

There is a weird irony in seeing the Republicans nominate a Medicare cheat to be their gubernatorial candidate in Florida. It pretty much says everything you need to know about the true nature of the GOP. They complain about...

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Ensign’s Seat Is Now Open

It’s a shame that Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) was allowed to bow out gracefully and on his own terms. I really don’t understand why he is allowed to remain in the Senate. In any case, we really have to pick up his seat...

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Something for the To-Do List

I really should start writing about real-world activism: “Many worry that youth who spend significant time on fan sites or in online communities tied to hobbies, sports or other interests will become socially isolated. The study...

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Do you have Twitter?

If you do, we at BT give you the ability to easily tweet your diaries and the diaries of your colleagues (oh, and even work by those lame front page posters, too). Or you can share these posts on Facebook or other social media....

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