Author: James Benjamin

Knoxville Progressive asked me to fill in this week, so I thought I’d turn y’all on to a drummer whose work I’ve come to dig on over the last few years – Steve Reid, a former Detroit-area musician who now...

          Welcome newcomers! Please introduce yourself Come on in! Lots of food for everyone! Plenty to drink! Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe from last evening) May the 4’s be...

According to the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans’ privacy and liberty, dealing a huge...

Thought I’d provide you with some grafs of an article from the Guardian. The article largely reinforces Duranta and blksista’s excellent diaries (more below the fold – updated to fix broken “nerdified...

While some “individual” (is that better?) was accusing me of baiting earlier today, some real baiting has been going on in the name of the so-called “War on Christmas.” Seems that Townhall.com has its own...