Author: RenaRF

(Cross-posted from Daily Kos.  Also posted at EPM, My Left Wing, and my blog)John Murtha just made a live statement on CNN (and other shows, I’m sure), that I found quite powerful.  I have transcribed the live...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, My Left Wing, and my blog)It has taken me a few days to collect my thoughts on the Bush veto of federal funding for stem cell research.I was on my way to a meeting and listening to CNN via Sirius when...

[promoted by BooMan] I’m not the only person who has written here about Thomas Paine.  I was, however, pretty surprised to see that only 8 diaries had been previously tagged with Paine’s name.  No matter...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos, ePluribus Media, My Left Wing and my blog.  Sorry in advance for the persistent reference to Daily Kos but it was written initially for that audience but I felt it would be interesting reading...

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos and my blog)While rightfully distracted by the ill-conceived (and frankly ridiculous) proposal to cede control of six major US ports to a company controlled by a foreign government, we have barely...