I wrote a post-Thanksgiving blog post about the Republican’s big “fuck you” to the disadvantaged in the United States, while insisting on less taxes for those who don’t need it and contem...
https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/i-regret-to-give-you-this-legislative-update/
The DADT report is out, and as suspected, it shows a military that is rather unfazed by the idea of gays and lesbians in the army being allowed to be openly gay or lesbian. This report was the BI...
I’m really struggling to prevent my head from exploding over the very revealing juxtaposition of bills, policies, and positions swirling around the end of the 2010 legislative session. The econ...
Iowa’s ousting of several state supreme court judges who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage is a scary day for those who believe an independent judiciary as essential to democracy. And support...
Just reading an article from a few days ago in The New York Times about Judge Sotomayor’s views about judging that while made in 2001, which are now relevant because of her potential as a Sumpr...
https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/do-not-all-judges-only-have-a-perspective/
Today’s Meet the Press featured David Gregory’s interview with President Karzai of Afghanistan. The last question posed to Karzai was regarding the legality of marital rape under Afghani law....
https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/ethnocentrism-on-meet-the-press/
A few thoughts on today’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos 1) Interview with Eric Cantor: Cantor repeats, as many Republicans have, that stimulating the economy via government spending is n...
Today’s Democracy Now! features an interview with Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power author Mark Schapiro. The whole interview is well wo...
https://speaktruthtopower.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/amy-goodman-interviews-author-mark-shapiro/
Merits and analysis of Obama’s housing plan aside, I’m particularly interested in this bit of Republican rhetoric I’m seeing. From Politico.com: The GOP, perhaps predictably, was less enthu...
Is anyone else sick of the bipartisanship overkill? Sure, bipartisanship is a nice idea. But the economy is falling apart–fast. The stimulus bill needs to actually stimulate; a half-assed job i...