This is an interesting story: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/ 20030701/ts_nm/crime_usa_aid_dc The Bush administration...
As some of you know, last year I wrote a weekly (or near-weekly) column for Laissez Faire Books. Then Laissez Faire changed hands, revised their website, and I...
... This, I guess, all true.... ... But it is a conspiracy of silence. People do not want to talk about it. Why? Because they do not want to think of their...
A bit of savage satire by Aram. Hey, the science article is serious. Aram reminds us it is also bunk. ... Subject: There's a Bug in My Seat Cushion There's a...
SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIES USED TO FINESSE THE ATTACK ON IRAQ? ===================================================== Tim Virkkala (who is also the...
... Except that most of that lying will be shown as a result of the winnowing process from the lower echelons of power, and thus a " knowledge problem" or an...
Dear Sir, A reader of your column wrote in objection to your phrase characterizing George W. Bush: "a brain-dead frat-boy if there ever was one". I fail to see...
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Aram forwards the following analysis of post-war Iraq. =============================================== A few comments: This is fascinating. It may be premature...
Below is a great Raimondo column, from today's antiwar.com site -- and originally from several years ago. ================================================== ...
Jesse Walker's recent blog entry on "idiotarian" clued me into something on the blogosphere that had missed me; I've been busy and the bloggers mostly don't...
just in case you never tire of .com puns: Forwarding message from BuzzWhack. [Jul/22/2003 03:50] [Today's Buzzword - Second .Coming] ... - t "I know . . . I...
My standard rap, these days, to conservatives I meet is that the Bush administration has betrayed the very idea of a republic, and that the Republican party is...
I found Tim's remarks (below) to be interesting. Here are a few comments of my own, picking up where Tim suggests that "both the left and the right appear to...
Aram sent along an item (see below), rather heavy-handedly paraodistic, but it contains (I don't know how seriously ; but I think the facts of this are fairly...
Interesting column by Bob Herbert (NY Times): ================================================== Dying in Iraq By BOB HERBERT Those are good kids that we're...
Calling All Sociologist, Genius, Reform activist, and Other explorers of consciousness My new and improved group is activated with more origin, specifics, ...
There you go. The Big Time. ... http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Education/Education_Reform/ ... http://cagw.convio.com/site/PageServer?pagename=links_Links ... ...
Below, Tim forwards several reviews of a Mel Gibson film about the Passion, and angry criticisms of it as anti-semitic. Tim has a variety of intelligent...
I find Byron's comments fascinating; they usually are. I thought I'd make a few comments on his comments, though, since I don't really buy his preferred...
Observation: THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA-Cultural indiversity. Its difficult to build a great American Culture within a nation that harbors so many...
From the Dennis Kucinich folks: LAUGH Dennis is the guest on Thursday night's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central at 11pm (10pm central). Spread...
Here's the piece by Kucinich about the blackout and his days dealing with the electric company in Ohio. =================================================== ...
At last, a coinage-cum-buzzword that applies to the besetting sin of those who, on attaining power and commanding authority, profess to be wise but ... - t "I...
Hey, there is a time and place to write off whole sectors of the public whom you might otherwise like to reach. But still, isn't this site going too far? ...