Month: May 2009

Is there any good television on Sunday nights anymore?

Now it all fits. For some time now I’ve been looking for the smoking gun: i.e. why did Pelosi preemptively take impeachment “off the table” back in 2006?? Some thoughts on torture from David Swanson: First,...

From page 427 of General Heinz Guderian’s classic book Panzer Leader, discussing matters in March 1945 when Nazi Germany was facing imminent collapse: During this difficult month of March many conversations took place...

I watched Arlen Specter’s appearances this morning on Face the Nation and Meet the Press. Especially during the Meet the Press interview, he made a serious effort to pitch himself as a reasonable choice for...

Dude, you made it to 90! You healthy ol’ Socialist, you! The Weavers’s performing career was abruptly halted in 1953 at the peak of their popularity when blacklisting prompted radio stations to refuse to play their...