I’m bring back the Polizeros Politics of Water blog, water being one of the most contentious political issues in the Southwest. This sub-blog was on hiatus for a while but there seems to be continuing interest in it (I’ve gotten 70 hits today…

The never-ending treadmill of the capitalist Greed-is-Good ethos. A survey this year by PNC Advisors found that 33 percent of wealthy Americans worry constantly about money, including an astounding 19 percent of those with $10 million or more. Regardless of…

Bush’s Power Wanes. “Five months after President Bush was sworn in for another four years, his political authority appears to be ebbing, both within his own party, where members of Congress are increasingly if sporadically going their own way, and…

Bonus Quote of the Day. “Things aren’t getting better; they’re getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality. It’s like they’re just making it up as they go along. The reality is that we’re losing in Iraq.”— Sen.…

From Dave Winer I’ve been hearing rumors that Google is readying an iTunes-clone, based on RSS 2.0, and fully podcast-capable. Multiple sources on this one. Google Becoming a Bank, Too?. The AP, following up on a Wall Street Journal story,…

Sue and I have started a blog about gardening, Downtown Tomatoes, check it out! What’s that you say, Bob the Fire-Breathing Radical has a gardening blog? Well, yes. After a hard day on the protest lines being screamed at by…

Iraq war started too early Attacks preceded congressional OK From Sue Why is this news? We knew that the US was bombing Iraq well before Congress officially approved of the war — it was discussed fully in the then news. And…

ANSWER LA was outside protesting, while Marc Cooper was inside the stadium listening to Schwarzenegger’s speech at Santa Monica College on Tuesday. Arnold got clobbered. As I watched the governor give the commencement address at Santa Monica College, I started…