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Yearly Archives: 2008
Healing the Wounds of Race
Rev. Jeremiah Wright at Trinity United Church of Christ. Prophetic truth-telling from the black pulpit.By Jim Wallis / Huffington Post / March 18, 2008 It has simmered throughout this campaign, and now race has exploded into the center of the … Continue reading
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Cheney in Baghdad
Cheney cites ‘phenomenal’ Iraqi security progress As bombing kills 40By Hannah Allam and Qassim Zein / McClatchy / March 17, 2008 BAGHDAD — Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday made a surprise visit to Baghdad, where he pledged that U.S. … Continue reading
Dowd on Dubya
Soft Shoe in Hard Times By Maureen Dowd / March 16, 2008 Everyone here is flummoxed about why the president is in such a fine mood. The dollar’s crumpling, the recession’s thundering, the Dow’s bungee-jumping and the world’s disapproving, yet … Continue reading
Two Wrens
two wrens on my window sillplainly looking inscouting for that place to safelyput their wren eggs inpeering at the far left cornerwhere the day before they’d beena ready-made perfect nestfor two ready to begin through an open door they’d flownwhile … Continue reading
Om
Don’t Argue. Just Do It.By Jerome Doolittle This is your own, personal mantra. Repeat it to yourself silently, over and over, with your eyes shut and your ears plugged. It will help, I promise. It has worked for others. No … Continue reading
An Economic Allegory
The Emperor CultBy Tim Case “Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be … Continue reading
The So-Called Success of the Surge
Dahr Jamail portrait ©2005 Robert Shetterly.Rule, Not Reconciliationby Dahr Jamail / FPIF / March 17, 2008 As we mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, rhetoric around the “success” of the so-called surge continues. Presidential … Continue reading
The End of the Sovereign Self
Tomgram: Philip K. Dick Meet George W. Bush Blowing Them Away Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Globalization Bush-styleBy Tom Engelhardt Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a small town somewhere near the Southern California coast. You’re … Continue reading
Million Musicians March : Alan Pogue
Saturday’s Peace Parade takes off from the capitol. Ragphoto by Alan Pogue.
Beyond Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Judge calls immigration officials’ decision ‘beyond cruel’By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2008 In a stinging ruling, a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials’ alleged decision to withhold a critical medical test and other treatment from … Continue reading
Free Rodney Reed
Walter Reed, father of Rodney Reed. National Phone Jam For Rodney ReedMarch 17 and 18: Demand a new trial for Rodney Reed! Oral arguments in Rodney’s case are being heard Wednesday, March 19 by the notorious Texas Court of Criminal … Continue reading
Gotcha’ Bank Right Here…
George W. Bush puts an optimistic spin on purchasing Bear Stearns for $2 per share when it traded last year for $159. BuckFush.comThanks to Jim Baldauf / The Rag Blog
