Immigrant, beware: Buying Chiquita bananas = terrorism
From Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press: Banana company Chiquita Brands International said Wednesday it has agreed to a $25 million fine after admitting it paid terrorists for protection in a volatile...
View ArticleTransformation of power: the coming of the "enroots"
The solution to the twin problems of climate change and petroleum vulnerability has been staring back at us each time we visit this site. Whenever we read a diary, post a comment, or provide a rec,...
View ArticleComparing Bush after VT with Gore after Columbine
The most significant manifestation of leadership often comes during times of national mourning. The stuff that makes great leaders who they are--their ability to reassure us, unite us, and appeal to...
View ArticleWill Ibrahim Parlak finally receive justice?
The appeal of Ibrahim Parlak--one of the most important immigration cases in recent years--is scheduled to be heard by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday, October 22. Parlak's...
View ArticleGore's speech in Chicago: my impressions (updated)
I just returned home from hearing Al Gore speak to the Economic Club of Chicago (ECC). More than 2,000 people attended--enough to fill two ballrooms. The crowd, consisting primarily of business and...
View ArticleI've got your 50 superdelegates right here
Actually, 64. These are all individuals who have absolutely no reason, based on their own elections, or how their states voted, to hold back their endorsement of Barack Obama. Who are they?...
View ArticleAttacking your opponent's "strength": Palin and energy
Karl Rove's evil political genius can be summed up in one directive: take your opponent's perceived strength and turn it into a weakness. This strategy, of course, gave us swiftboating and the Obama...
View ArticleHow Biden can DESTROY Palin's "balanced budget/surplus" meme
Billy Kristol tells us that in Thursday's debate Palin has to dispatch quickly any queries about herself, and confidently assert that of course she’s qualified to be vice president. Now, I'm sure most...
View ArticleThe Wednesday debate pivot that will end McCain's campaign
Far be it for me to advise the Obama campaign on what to say at Wednesday's debate--they've got that well-covered, obviously--there is one response, one salvo that will sink the S.S. McCain for good....
View ArticleI am a pro-life, pro-choice Catholic for Obama
The most-viewed article at Newsweek.com this week was Opinion: Can Catholics back pro-choice Obama? The article discusses the controversy within the Church between Catholic leaders like Douglas Kmiec,...
View ArticleDid the 6th Circuit just make torture-induced evidence admissible?
Today, almost two years after oral argument, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 2-1 decision against Kurdish immigrant Ibrahim Parlak. The majority opinion, held by two Bush-appointed...
View ArticleBREAKING: Chicago's Mayor Daley will not seek re-election
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times have just reported that Mayor Daley will not seek re-election in 2011.
View ArticleMy response to a Muslim-hating chain e-mail
I frequently receive chain e-mails from a conservative member of my extended family. Normally, they are innocuous--puzzles, prayers for the troops and first reponders, sexually-based (though usually...
View ArticleThe Ballad of Big Gay
I'm still cracking up at the AFA's coining of the label "Big Gay," discussed here. Well, every good archetype deserves a song, so follow me below for "The Ballad of Big Gay."
View ArticleWhy women don't come forward to report sexual assault: my late wife's story
My wife was a beautiful, brilliant force of nature that cancer wrested from this earth in 2014. I have struggled with my decision to tell her story about sexual assault on this site, although we have...
View ArticleIt's time to make McTurtle pay: a rant
For vowing to make Obama a one-term presidentFor failing to deliver a single Republican vote for the Recovery ActFor failing to deliver a single Republican vote for the Affordable Care ActFor playing...
View ArticleThe Mount Rushmore of COVID Comedy
One of the few bright spots of 2020 has been the emergence of comedians spoofing Trump mercilessly. As we know, good comedy requires empathy and insight, two qualities in short supply with the...
View ArticleHow terrorism "material support" laws can be the hammer we need against...
In his book A Promised Land, President Obama describes his lament about the absence of criminal laws designed to prosecute the individual bankers responsible for the financial crisis. His inability to...
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