Day April 2, 2006

Don’t talk, organize

Scan through Left political blogs. What you’ll often find is gobs of talk, recycled posts about other posts, raging flame wars in the comments, a bit of anger and satire … but not much action. Sometimes it’s an echo chamber.…

Immigration 101 for beginners and non-Texans

Molly Ivins Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists. This time around, they have started claiming that Mexicans can’t assimilate. A sillier idea I’ve never heard. Why don’t they come to Texas and meet up with Lars Gonzales,…

Intellectual property run amok

From Mother Jones (excerpts) Intellectual Property Run Amok IN 1982, Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti told Congress that “the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the…