Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

Let’s Pay Tribute to the Spectacular Wrongness of William F. BuckleyBy David Michael Green / AlterNet / March 5, 2008 William F. Buckley was a smart man, that’s for sure. He could throw around more ten-dollar words than his beloved … Continue reading →

American Flies Five People From Chicago to London By David Millward / Telegraph, UK / March 6, 2008 A major airline is under fire from environmentalists for flying an aircraft across the Atlantic with only five passengers on board. The … Continue reading →

Lupe Valdez, gay hispanic sheriff of Dallas County, at Gay Pride Parade John Cornyn, Lupe Valdez and the Ghost of LBJby Mary Mapes / The Nation / March 6, 2008 Gosh, who could have seen this coming? America’s brush with … Continue reading →

Israeli Researcher : Moses High on Psychedelics By Simon McGregor-Wood / ABC News / March 5, 2008 Jerusalem — Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli professor of cognitive philosophy. Writing in the British Journal … Continue reading →

Mark Penn: the bloody approach. Here are two important articles discussing the Democratic presidential race and especially the destructive turn the Hillary Clinton campaign has taken, much of it under the direction of Mark Penn. These pieces put current events … Continue reading →

Looking Past Super Tuesday David Hamilton / The Rag Blog Analysis of the Democratic presidential race. From a publicity perspective, Tuesday was a great day for Hillary Clinton. However, from the perspective of the delegate count, it was very nearly … Continue reading →

Million Musicians March, March 17, 2007, Austin, Texas MUSICIANS, EVERYONE: help amplify the call for peace from Austin, Texas! Saturday, March 15th, 2008. Noon Rally at State Capitol 1 pm — March to City Hall 1:30-4:00 Concert & Speakers Come … Continue reading →

Blackwater trainee Gregory Collier screams for team members to evacuate during a drill. I have edited the introductory part of this lengthy article. The link for the complete article is at the end. It was first posted on September 26, … Continue reading →

After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former … Continue reading →

Memoir by Craig Rosebraugh, Earth Liberation Front. Earth Liberation Front Believed Responsible For Arson At Multimillion-Dollar Seattle HomesBy Elizabeth M. Gillespie / March 3, 2008 WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Three seven-figure dream homes went up in flames early Monday in a … Continue reading →

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