39 Articles

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Protest against wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan
March in Philly on the 17th of October to protest range of issues, primarily war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, the need for spending on human needs and not corporate greed, wars and repression in Palestine and Latin America and the desperate need for nuclear disarmament.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The "a few bad apples" defense
(3 comments) Does the "a few bad apples" defense apply to ACORN? One of the problems in using that defense is that it's been very badly overused over the past decade.

Saturday, July 25, 2009
Governor Jindals' health care proposal
(3 comments) The Governor's health care proposal is unsatisfactory and is not even a good starting point for discussions.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Is the Iraq War on a path to ending?
(2 comments) After hearing Obama's speech on the Iraq War, we wonder if we're on a path to the ending of that war?

Sunday, February 15, 2009
James Gilligan and the 3rd Presidential Debate
(1 comments) James Gilligan gives his side of the 3rd Presidential Debate at Hofstra University.

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Department of Unsurprising News
(1 comments) Whuuh?!?! The warrantless wiretapping program was a dragnet and not a carefully pin-pointed program?!?!? Wow! The attack on Gaza did not wipe out Hamas?!?! President Obama's a smart guy? Rush Limbaugh hates his fellow Americans?

Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A review of "Expelled," a film by and starring Ben Stein
(2 comments) Does Ben Stein's "expose" the "truth' about evolution theory? Nah, it's propaganda.

Sunday, December 21, 2008
Trustworthiness
Peggy Noonan's pre-election evaluation of G.W. Bush's honesty.

Saturday, December 6, 2008
Juan Cole argues with President Bush
(1 comments) Juan Cole takes exception to a Bush speech that tries to review the recent history of violence in the Mideast.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Review of Weekly Standard Piece on Missile Defense
Does the WS piece supporting the idea of Missile Defense (Star Wars, SDI, etc) give any reason to think that such a project will ever be feasible?

Friday, November 14, 2008
Moral responsbility for innocent Guantanamo prisoners
How to deal with the moral abomination of Guantanamo while preserving the safety of Americans?

Friday, October 31, 2008
After the election?
(3 comments) What are the chances Obama & McCain will sit down after the election and peacefully and productively discuss the future direction of the country? Yeah, that's what I think too.

Thursday, October 16, 2008
VETS & Labor "Greet" Sarah Palin in Philly
(3 comments) Veterans and Labor greet Alaska Governor and John McCain running mate Sarah Palin in Philly.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The bail-out plan
A look at where the current economic crisis came from and the solution that were offered for it.

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Pro-life beliefs
(2 comments) What does it really mean to be "pro-life"? Can the concept be limited to women's reproductive choices and still have any serious meaning?

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Fight for survival or the fight of the chickenhawks?
What IS Bill Kristol trying to say? Is the US engaged in a fight for survival or in a not-so-important struggle?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Calendar vs Conditions
(1 comments) Should the US leave Iraq based on a calendar or based on conditions? McCain is flummoxed by the question.

Friday, July 11, 2008
The death knell for the Fourth Amendment
(1 comments) There was a national debate over FISA? Really? When? The blogs certainly paid the issue a lot of attention, but the traditional media just yawned.

Monday, June 23, 2008
McCain, Obama & the press corps
(3 comments) The press corps displays some very highly selective news coverage when it comes to covering McCain & Obama.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Senate Phase 2 report on misuse of available intel on Iraqi WMD
(1 comments) The Senate Intelligence Committee releases a long-awaited report on the intelligence information that went into the selling of the Iraq War. An especially hard look at how our local paper covered the report.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The value of mea culpas (Not much)
Admissions of erroneous and sloppy reporting are all very fine and well, but not if they don't lead to actual changes in reporting.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Bush Administration and the art of diplomacy
(1 comments) Bush Administration seems to have major problems conducting any sort of diplomacy. Some thoughts as to why.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Obama, McCain and Bush mix it up!
Obama insists on being a non-doormat Democrat. Republicans not sure how to respond.

Monday, May 12, 2008
Santorum's word choices
(2 comments) Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum makes some interesting word choices.

Monday, May 5, 2008
More scary stories on Iran from the NY Times
(6 comments) More scary, but uncorroborated, unverified reports lacking any hint of critical scrutiny from the NY Times.

Monday, April 28, 2008
Accomplishments?
So just what exactly DID either the Bush Administration or the press corps accomplish over the past 7+ years?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Armed Liberal's flawed argument
(3 comments) Argument from a libertarian examined. Is "counterinsurgency" as he defines it compatible with democracy?

Friday, April 18, 2008
The 16 April Obama-Clinton debate
The left blogosphere is in agreement, the debate was terrible, with far too many "gotcha" questions and far too few questions of substance.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
John McCain and foreign policy expertise
Does John McCain really have anything "in the bank" when it comes to foreign policy experience?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Douglas Feith coming out with book
(4 comments) Douglas Feith, "The [effing] stupidest guy on the planet" attempts to set us all straight on who lost Iraq. Hint: President Bush comes across as wisely and heroically struggling to make it all work.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Bush Administration on warrantless wiretapping
(1 comments) Bush Administration explains why they'd like to stomp all over your rights as a citizen. Why we shouldn't let them.

Saturday, February 23, 2008
The "Maverick" John McCain
(1 comments) Please don't anyone be under the impression that John McCain is a liberal at heart. He isn't.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Answer to D'Souza's defense of Bush's 935 lies
Dinesh D'Souza proves how masterfully heroic he is by tackling straw man

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Voter fraud: How big an issue?
(2 comments) Voter fraud seems from a liberal / Democratic perspective to be a non-issue, but right-wingers seem to be pretty upset about it.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Liberal blog demonstrates muscle
Looks like Daily Kos was able to exercise some muscle in the Michigan presidential primary!

Sunday, January 6, 2008
March on Joe Sestak's office
A march to our Congressman's office, with some surprises.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Proper punishments
How to punish lawbreaking telecom companies without disrupting the larger economy?

Friday, December 7, 2007
Response to Rick Santorum's proposal to spark revolution in Iran
Rick Santorum resurrects a really bad idea from the Reagan Administration, the notion that revolutions can be created at will.

Sunday, December 2, 2007
Why does the left blogosphere exist? Reasons #2,143,657 thru #2,143,659
(4 comments) In which I argue that the left blogosphere exists because the traditional media is simply not doing its job. What America needs is a still stronger, larger and better blogosphere.