The GOP’s Last Gasp
For those of you who are trying, and how could it be anything but unsuccessfully, to understand just what the hell it is, that congress does – I sympathize but offer no hope. We exist in a country that is desperately in
The Reality of Capital Punishment
There is a lot of noise being made about the botched execution in Oklahoma last week. William Boardman give it a whole column in Reader Supported News, accusing the state of committing an atrocity and talking about how they have
The Problem is a Lack of Justice
I’ve noticed lately that the number of people advocating violence to achieve their goals has increased at a truly alarming rate. What’s really disturbing is that it seems equally in play, both on the Right and on the Left.
The Myth of Peaceful Protest
This column was supposed to be about the following: In case our government and its various agencies and their local arms have forgotten; this country happened because an empirical government decided to do whatever they wanted and when the people
Bits & Pieces #43
Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Diane Feinstein, (D) –CA, did an almost complete turnaround from her previously established position of guardian of the intelligence services, when she led an attack on the CIA for what she described as their attempt to
Poverty Doesn’t Help Anyone
The big debate when we finally get over the non-event of Ukraine is about the minimum wage. The basic existing labor situation in this country is that productivity has risen amazingly in the last two decades but salaries haven’t.
The Kochs and the environment
I know this is about money and I’m never surprised at greed or dishonesty when it comes to people trying to make more than they need, but the latest tactics by the Koch’s and other fossil fuel industry vultures
Fighting the Wrong Fight
Two stories on the front page of today’s, NY Times illustrate eloquently how false impressions can drive a narrative. One story comes out of the American west where mounted horsemen wearing chaps and cowboy hats backed by armed militia members
Wrong and Determined to Prove It
This week gave us a real good view of what the war on terror looks like and how well our bloated Homeland Security forces function when they are confronted by other then unarmed kids with posters. This is the
The Police State Exists
With all the noise about the Ukraine, the Korean ferry and a mysteriously disappeared airplane, the media is finding it damned hard to find space for insignificant stuff like people out of work or working for too low wages,