Month January 2005

Rather than make my stereo and amp work with the PC in my new home office, it finally dawned on me. Chuck the stereo, do everything on the PC instead. The radio stations I listen to, KPFK, KXLU, and KCRW,…

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should be stripped of citizenship in his native Austria for approving the execution of a convicted killer, a leading Austrian politician said Saturday. A Green politician, I might add! Ah to live…

Global warning has already hit the danger point that international attempts to curb it are designed to avoid, according to the world’s top climate watchdog. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the official Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told…

From ProRev READER KM notes that Condoleezza Rice’s behavior during her confirmation hearing recalls an exchange from Calvin & Hobbes: Calvin: Question my integrity, will you? Hobbes: I can’t question it until I see some evidence of it!

Here in L.A., unlike other cities, there’s been little police harassment at protests and demonstrations. In fact, LAPD tends to work with organizers to insure things go smoothly. It wasn’t always that way. A few years back the National Lawyers Guild in…