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Yearly Archives: 2008
Same Sex Marriage Affects the Whole Country
What impact will it have on the elections? Maybe not much.By Suzi Steffen / August 22, 2008 Patchwork, partying, pessimism, politics: That’s the state, so to speak, of same-sex marriage around the U.S. since same-sex couples began lining up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay, Gay Marriage, November Election, Presidential Campaign, Same Sex Marriage
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Democrats Have Turned Sharply to the Left
‘They are more liberal than at any time in a generation’By Steven Thomma / August 22, 2008 DENVER — As they meet for their national convention Monday through Thursday, Democrats are poised to shift their party’s course — and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Convention, Democratic Party, Liberalism, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Progressives
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Anyone Who Feels Disappointed Will Go Back
UNDER PRESSURE: Two Sunni Arab fighters in the Sons of Iraq look on this year during a military operation involving American and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad. The U.S. plans for the group to be “out of business” by June. … Continue reading
Joe Biden : Senator MasterCard
Faux Photomontage.Biden’s bankrupt policy causing people to lose their homesBy Tom Cleaver / The Rag Blog / August 23, 2008 Has anyone else noted the irony that Joe Biden is the Senator who led the “bi-partisan” charge for “banktruptcy reform”? … Continue reading
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Tagged Bankruptcy, Corporate Power, Economy, Joe Biden, Personal Finance, Presidential Campaign
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Ronnie Dugger : LBJ, The Texas Observer and Me
Former Texas Observer editor Ronnie Dugger with President Lyndon Johnson. Photo by Yoichi Yokamoto / Courtesty LBJ Library / Texas Observer.‘None of us knew it yet, but we Americans were about to be trapped in the history that Lyndon Johnson … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Democratic Party, Journalism, LBJ, Progressives, Texas, Texas History, Texas Observer, The Presidency
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Endangered Species : Angered Scientists, Green Groups Confront Administration
Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne, winner of the 2007 Rubber Dodo Award, is drawing the wrath of scientists and green groups.Environmental groups plea for public comment on endangered species law changesBy Elana Schor / August 22, 2008 A coalition of scientists … Continue reading
And We Aren’t Gonna Take It Anymore!!
Room 641A is an alleged intercept facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, beginning in 2003. Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied … Continue reading
MUSIC : David Crosby Not Shy About Which Side He’s On
‘Barack has dignity and moral values, and I believe he loves his country.’By Ricardo Baca / August 22, 2008 It’s hard to believe, but David Crosby, an artist celebrated for his liberal activism as much as for inspired songwriting, will … Continue reading
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Tagged David Crosby, Democratic Convention, Denver, Music, Musicians, Obama, Political Protest, Rock 'n Roll
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BOOKS : But Is That All He Should Be Charged With?
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder is currently number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list. Thanks to Susie Madrak at Suburban Guerilla for pointing that out. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog A review of Bugliosi’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Vincent Bugliosi, War Crimes
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When I Covered My First Democratic Convention: Chicago 1968
Chicago cops brutally attack demonstrators (and journalists, and bystanders) outside Democratic Convention, 1968.‘It culminated in the crushing of Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s anti-Vietnam crusade inside the convention hall and the cracking of peacenik skulls by Mayor Richard Daley’s police in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, Chicago 1968, Journalism, Peace Movement, Sixties, Vietnam
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Now, We Seem to Have Lost the Dots
Flaws Found In Watch List For TerroristsBy Siobhan Gorman / August 22, 2008 The government’s main terrorist-watch-list system is hobbled by technology challenges, and the $500 million program designed to upgrade it is on the verge of collapse, according to … Continue reading
Jonathan Franzen : ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’
Skull-with-cell-phone by Spazmat in downtown New York City. Photo by Ivan Corsa. /Global GraphicaCell phones, sentimentality, and the decline of public space.By Jonathan Franzen This article appears in full in the September/October 2008 issue of Technology Review. One of the … Continue reading
