Month: March 2007

In March 2003 the dictator of Zimbabwe welcomed a comparison of him with Hitler. Ahead of elections he is widely considered to have stolen by intimidation, bribery and violence he had been likened to Hitler by the British press....

This is another installment of my write-up of the talk by Tanya Erzen (author of Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement) I attended Sunday evening. Click here for the earlier post, which...

Promoted by Steven D. (after accidentally deleting it as a diary — don’t ask) 1st Armored Division Soldiers conduct a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq in their M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron...

1st Armored Division Soldiers conduct a combat patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq in their M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron AllmonEditors note: The photograph above was taken in February 2006 at a time when Bush was...

Differences between the 1995 government shutdown and the 2007 government showdown. Bill Clinton: great communication skills and decent popularity. George W. Bush: no communications skills and polling in the crapper. Plus, no one...