The war against Iraq began at 5:30 AM Baghdad time (9:30 PM EST, March 19), when the U.S. launches Operation Iraqi Freedom ( Read more... )

It just doesn’t stop. With painful consistency, there always is a new effrontery, a new attack on the Constitution, and a new slap in our collective faces. And every day, the American public responds largely in silent quiescence, seemingly unperturbed and indifferent to the insults and abuses being hurled at them from the man who reigns supreme in ( Read more... )

I miss the Al Franken Show.

I was listening to NPR, and they were talking about something or another and made reference to the fact that David Brock was writing for the spectator, and i started tapping on my steering wheel and chanted, "WE WILL, WE WILL BROCK YOU."

... yes, I need a life that's not politics or talk radio.

... Americans seem to be a people with a very short memory span and a very limited sense of outrage. I don’t know what it will take to shake them into any semblance of collective outrage or united action. I do know however, that I am angrier at the close of this year than at the end of any other ear that has passed ( Read more... )

Does any thinking person really believe that the dictator of Pakistan is able to make ANY political or military decision without the approval, if not the actual direction of the US Government ( Read more... )

Stein crosses party lines, helps Franken ( Read more... )

t[b]And the Nobel Booby Prize Goes to George W. Bush (and his supporters)![/b ( Read more... )

The Jigsaw to ArmageddonYeah, folks, you can bet the ranch: we’re going in. I’ve heard all the arguments from the nay sayers, so let that go. We’re going in ( Read more... )

Most of us don’t know a helluva lot about black holes, and probably don’t really care to know very much about them. But in truth, black holes are really fascinating once you take a closer look…even to a lay person with not much background. Trust me on that for a bit ( Read more... )

Al Franken supporters might be interested in these right-wing wackos are coming to town ( Read more... )