Month March 2009

Sara Jane Olson

I heard Sara Jane Olsen speak at a bookstore in Santa Monica about eight years ago, right after she’d been arrested and was out of bail. She looked and acted like a perky soccer mom. Thus, I was startled by…

Lovelle Mixon aftermath

New American Media, a collaboration of ethnic media organizations, has run several stories on Lovelle Mixon, who killed four Oakland Police officers last Saturday. You may or may not agree with the various slants of the articles. Nonetheless, they are…

Will Obama do an austerity program?

Doug Henwood says there are just now a few signs that the economy may be recovering ever so slightly. But Obama will need to pay for the stimulus somehow, and that could get ugly. I’ve been coming around to the…

LTTE escapes?

A contact in Sri Lanka sent me the following this week: Yesterday, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Kantale.  Today, there was a report of a LTTE attack on farmers in Welikanda.  The news reports…