"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Earth’s warming climate is estimated to contribute to more than 150,000 deaths and 5 million illnesses each year, according to the World Health Organization, a toll that could double by 2030. The data, being published today in the journal Nature,…
I’m told the entire Calfornia state prison system may go into complete lockdown for the week before and after the upcoming execution of Tookie Williams, this being Dec. 6-20. Williams, who founded the Crips, has been nominated for a Nobel…
From In My Own Way commenting on our Steve Earle post James McMurtry is a good ol’ boy from Texas who has more that a few words for the Bush regime that’s destroying this country. You can download his fine…
This is one of the clearest explanations I’ve seen as to why water privatization is a terrible idea. Champions of privatization want to do is to take all the assets of the government and give them to private corporations to…
There’s nothing in the news today that the anti-war movement hasn’t been saying since before the Iraq War started. Bush lies. Repeatedly. There were no WMD. Newspapers can be propaganda funnels for the White House, spreading disinfo and slime while…
The Washington Post’s ombudsman rebuked journalist Bob Woodward on Sunday for withholding what he knew about the CIA leak probe from his editor and for making public statements that were dismissive of the investigation without disclosing his own involvement. The…