Month: April 2006

…After centuries of growing enlightenment, and some progress towards social [and economic] justice, we seem to be backpedaling to the ultimate spiritual cure of old: resignation, or maybe hope. If man is incapable of...

I’m always on the lookout for great female writers. But, somehow, I only recently discovered a powerful voice right here in the Philly Newspapers. Flavia Colgan runs a bloggy kind of thing for the Philadelphia Daily News...

Update [2006-4-2 11:5:46 by howieinseattle]: “John Dean to Senate: Censure Is Necessary,” from John Nichols in The Nation. Pithy quote: “I certainly do not claim to be prescient. Then or now. But actions have...

Froggy Pads for Everyone Including Newcomers and Lurkers(please introduce yourself) Your host today is Maryb. Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher. He lived in a damp little house amongst the buttercups at...

The Dead White Men of times past have spoken out in favor of more immigration. Cicero, in his Republic, has a conversation in which there were rumors that two suns were seen in Rome. Religious leaders would plant these kinds of...