Month: August 2006

I have doctored Rumsfeld’s speech before the American Legion yesterday. I have merely changed some place names and events to reflect what this speech would have sounded like if it had been given in 1974. Rumsfeld became...

Income inequity has been in the news of late; disparity is increasing.  Jared Bernstein, of the Economic Policy Institute, wrote of this in,  “The Catch-Up Economy.”  Paul Krugman, a writer-economist...

(crossposted at DailyKos and My Left Wing) Dear Netroots, I need your help. Or rather, I need you to help me help an Iraq war veteran AND Katrina survivor. Like many New Orleans residents, Lt. Jay Johnson’s family were...

Little Green Footballs’ head explodes at word that former Iranian President and noted reformer, Mohammad Khatami is going to visit the United States and be hosted by Jimmy Carter. Didn’t Jimmy Carter do enough damage the...

What’s going on in the Philadelphia blogging scene and why does Philly have so many bloggers? Atrios, unsurprisingly, has Joe Lieberman as his Wanker of the Day. Chris Bowers gives us all the data on how much money the...