Day May 15, 2006

Birth of a New New Left?

The Immigrant Rights Movement The demonstrations, walk-outs, boycotts, marches, work-stoppages, and protests of the past few weeks are more than just an inspiring example of resistance to reactionary government legislation; they may signal the birth of a new left. In…

Time for prison reform?

Bob Ney’s worst nightmare The noose is tightening around Bob Ney. No matter what he says publicly, the Republican congressman from Ohio’s 18th District shouldn’t be making any long term plans now that his former chief of staff has pleaded…

New England flooding

I grew up in New England. The amounts of rain they are getting now are off the map. They know how to deal with weather there, with snow, rain, etc. But not this much rain…

Rove indicted?

Truthout is reporting Karl Rove HAS been indicted, but I’m skeptical. A bombshell like that would be impossible to keep quiet and if it happened, why has just a little lefty site reported it?