Author: spiderleaf

Al Gore has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But Marisacat on the FP is so much more fun, ain’t it? This is the story the world is talking about. This is the real news. This was your President. So how are you...

I grew up with Harry Chapin instead of TV. I’ve been missing him a lot lately and found this song remarkably similar to the current situation. Think of me what you will, but Harry was pure. He died a year after Lennon. The...

Inspired by ejmw’s excellent “A Simple Reminder”, this is an imagined conversation that could be happening anywhere in Iraq or Afghanistan now. And my heart is breaking.”Mommy, can I go play outside...

What is deplorable? Is it the targeting of civilians and UN peacekeepers in Lebanon? No. Apparently it is Kofi Annan’s words about the Israeli attacks on the UNIFIL outpost in Southern Lebanon Tuesday in which observers...

Al Gore continues to march on and is interviewed in the upcoming Rolling Stone about Bush, Global Warming, Iraq, the Democrats, and what is needed to move forward with serious grassroots political change in the U.S. I’m...