Here’s the Eddie Vedder photo again.

  This is perhaps the most popular photo ever on Polizeros. I took it at an ANSWER LA protest on March 22, 2003 at the CNN building in Hollywood. Since I recently converted this blog to WordPress and archived the…

Poll: Democrats weaken more than Republicans

As a host of issues, from major (the Iraq War and Social Security) to minor (the Terri Schiavo affair), do real damage to Republicans, Democrats still manage to sink lower than them in a new poll.  You really kind of…

Water for profit

How multinationals are taking control of a public resource Canadian Broadcasting produced this comprehensive 5-part series in 2003 on water privatization. Check it out. Water, like air, is a necessity of human life. It is also, according to Fortune magazine,…

Hurricanes and climate change

From The Union of Concerned Scientists Hurricanes have always bedeviled the Gulf Coast states, but global warming is making matters worse. Sea level is rising and will continue to rise as oceans warm and glaciers melt. Rising sea levels means…

Paris rioting enters second week

More cars and shops have been set alight in Paris’ suburbs, as youths rioted for an eight consecutive night. Paris-area riots gain dangerous momentum A week of riots in poor neighborhoods outside Paris gained dangerous new momentum Thursday, with youths…

Only if we can cut off his tongue

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has suggested that those who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television. Another panelist on the show, Howard Rosenberg, a state university system regent, responded by saying that cutting off…