Altered Oceans
LA Times 5-part series on the crisis in the seas. Text, photos, videos. This is superb reporting and analysis. Part 1. A primeval tide of toxins Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This ‘rise of…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day July 30, 2006
Bingo: The path to a wider war
If the US sends troops to Lebanon as peacekeepers and/or as a force to disarm Hezbollah, we will see a quick escalation. Any attack (and it would be inevitable) on US forces by the Hez would be seen as a…
NY Times endorses Lamont
Lieberman is toast If Mr. Lieberman had once stood up and taken the lead in saying that there were some places a president had no right to take his country even during a time of war, neither he nor this…
Mel Gibson does a mea culpa
Mel Gibson issued a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for his drunk driving arrest and saying he has battled alcoholism throughout his life. Gibson also apologized for what he said were “despicable” statements he made to the deputies who arrested him…
Choose your leaders well
Oakland CA. Police spies led antiwar protest