Hartford CT, violence, and the suburbs
Angel Arce Torres got tossed in the air by a hit and run driver in Hartford CT and a video camera showed multiple cars and people driving and walking past his crumpled body in the street. A few days before…
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.
Month June 2008
The rich flee Tijuana for the US
“Tijuana’s elite flee to San Diego County to escape kidnappings and violence in Mexico,” says the LA Times. People have arrived in south San Diego County with only the clothes on their back. Kidnapping victims released after lengthy captivities have…
Complete transcript of Clinton’s concession speech
Right here. Some excerpts. Could a woman really serve as Commander-in-Chief? Well, I think we answered that one. And could an African American really be our President? Senator Obama has answered that one. Although we weren’t able to shatter that…
Why Google rules
We recently moved to San Francisco and have been learning how the mass transit system works. We needed to get from our place to a restaurant in the city to meet friends, which entails using two systems, BART and Muni.…
Why today’s populist uprising could be great for progressives
From David Sirota, author of The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington, blogging at Firedoglake. Obama has one foot firmly planted inside the establishment and has presented himself as having one foot outside…