"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
UN casts record vote against US embargo on Cuba Nearly every country in the U.N. General Assembly told the United States on Tuesday to lift its four-decade old economic embargo against Cuba in a record vote of 182 to 4…
The devolution will be televised Here’s a great idea for your kid’s next birthday party. Via Doc Searls
Dahr Jamail, speaking on Democracy Now! "I have interviewed many refugees over the last week coming out of Fallujah at different times from different locations within the city. The consistent stories that I have been getting have been refugees describing…
Assuming all the propositions Gov. Schwarzenegger is backing lose today at the polls (a fairly safe bet), then let me be the first with headlines bloggers and news media will be using. The most obvious ones are The Terminator gets…
Conservative evangelicals are also concerned by the IRS threat to revoke the tax-exempt status of a liberal church in Pasadena because a retired minister who is active in the peace movement gave an anti-war sermon. When Ted Haggard, head of…
French riots continue despite curfew threat Ignoring the government’s threat of a curfew, youths rioted for the 12th night in France, torching more than 800 vehicles around the country and injuring four police, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. The…
In early April the often-forgot country of Bolivia, tucked away in he Andes, grabbed the world’s attention when the city of Cochabamba erupted in a public uprising over water prices. In 1999, following World Bank advice, Bolivia granted a 40…