Month December 2002

The strange saga of Marc Cooper Warning: Contains graphic descriptions of internal left-wing vendettas and wars. A couple of years back, Marc Cooper, who writes for The Nation magazine and has a radio show, Radio Nation, was a respected leftie…

Blogs rule, dude! Weblogs led the attack against Trent Lott, reports CNN. “If Lott didn’t see the storm coming, it was in part because it was so slow in building. The papers did not make note of his comments until…

Week of Resistance, Jan 13-20 (From a NION email, with my revisions and additions)Not In Our Name is joining with other groups in calling for a nationwide week of resistance starting Jan 13 and ending on MLK day. Each day will have a…

Reich: The Death Of Opposition. “Robert Reich dusts off his “Democratic Party is dead” thesis once again: “The Republicans have a network of conservative think-tanks, which produce ideas that are marketed and sold by a boatload of money and spokespeople……

Trent Lott is toast Nickles Calls For New GOP Leadership Elections. “Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK), “the second-ranking Senate Republican, this morning said Republicans should consider ousting Sen. Trent Lott as their party leader,” the Washington Post reports” [Taegan Goddard’s Political…