Month: April 2011

Gaddafi Has Nine Lives

It looks like NATO bombed a house where Moammar Gaddafi was staying and killed his youngest son and three of his grandchildren, but did not harm to Gaddafi or his wife. If so, then this is another example of Gaddafi inexplicably...

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RIP Ben Masel

There are some people, not a lot, who make you feel much better just knowing that they are in the world doing their thing. These are mainly the quirky people who have no use for conventions and rules. Artists and activists and...

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I’m All For Transparency, But…

So awesome. I remember an eight-year fruitless attempt to find out who met with Dick Cheney and helped set the Bush administration’s super-awesome energy policy. And, now? House Republicans plan to probe the White House...

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Requiem for the Dead: Help the Tornado Victims

This last week while the birther controversy and Donald Trump jumped the shark, and a Royal Wedding distracted the media, we had the worst death toll in recent history from tornadoes. These massive storms cut a swath through the...

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The Freak Show Begins

The freak show begins. Last night the Manchester, New Hampshire chapter of Americans for Prosperity hosted the first (sort of) debate between Republican aspirants for the White House. It didn’t go well. Beginning with Tim...

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