Month: August 2012

Jay Rosen’s latest piece has my broad sympathy. I have made the same observations many times. In particular, I think Rosen has set up a useful dichotomy (as opposed to the dichotomies routinely employed by David Brooks)....

If any of your friends or family think the Republicans’ obstinate and irrational ways are not screwing up the economy, they should consider this. Morgan Stanley surveyed businesses in July and found that 40% of them are...

This is for the family of and for Christina Taylor-Green, an innocent child shot down in cold blood by a madman armed with deadly weapons, and all the rest who continue to suffer from our obvious domestic terror problem. I...

. Update [2012-08-07 9:37 EST by Oui]: Deep, Deep Troubling … Read article Oak Creek Gunman’s Supremacists Beliefs Revealed. [Update] Must read: Mondoweiss – Terror war comes home: White supremacist kills 6 Sikhs in...

There has been another shooting with mass casualties at a Sikh Temple in suburban Milwaukee. Details are still murky, but you can get up to speed by following the link or turning on cable television. I won’t make any...