Yesterday, July 8, 52 retired generals and admirals released a statement calling for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" rule fo…
Read moreObama's move to the political "middle" (better known as the political "center") has been causing serious consternation among …
Read moreI am taking the liberty of reproducing this story from Newsday in full. It needs no comment from me. Please read it. Photo: Warren Zinn, AP via Army…
Read moreI know that the secret to successful blogging is to be among the first to post on a subject. So I am coming in really late on the flap over General W…
Read moreAnd here's yet another way the rich are different from you and me: They have more psychiatrists. But according to a feature story in today's…
Read moreFascinating to watch. According to a France24 news service report: The video of FARC rebels benignly handing over the 15 hostages to disguised Colomb…
Read moreJesse Helms was a racist, a gay-basher, an enemy of women's rights, an enemy of public broadcasting and the arts, and one of the most reactionary…
Read moreI have been a leftwinger all of my adult life. As an undergraduate at UCLA, as I put it in an article I once wrote about my early activist days, I w…
Read moreMy voice has been just one small shout in the chorus of progressives disappointed in what appears to be Obama's major slide to the center of the …
Read moreAlong with 14 other hostages. Truly cause for celebration. More thoughts soon, but here is some background on Betancourt and her kidnapping from the…
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