Month December 2005

Sea change

Barron’s editorial: Congress should consider impeaching Bush. Barron’s is a Wall Street magazine about finance and investing. For them to say this is quite extraordinary. Powerful segments of the ruling class are now turning against Bush. He can not last.

Worse than thought

Spy agency mined vast data trove, The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after…

Newsweek blasts Bush

From AmericaBlog Newsweek: Bush’s illegal domestic spying has echoes of "apartheid" Hey, cool, we’re now being compared to one of the most loathed, oppressive, vile governments in the history of mankind. You gotta admit, it takes a real special gift…

Hapa and Jake

Hapa, who I discovered last year here in Maui, have a brand new CD out called, appropriately, "Maui." The liner notes say"…a soundtrack for 21st century Polynesia where native art, history, and music are pulled together by the powerful force…