Armageddon 2004? A labor organizer friend tells me that many unions are preparing to do whatever is needed to defeat George Bush. If that means draining their treasury to do it, then so be it. As oft-mentioned here recently, George…

A really shitty court decision From Nathan Newman This decision by the Eighth Circuit overrode a requirement by the Department of Labor that an agribusiness company provide toilets near where workers labored. You can read through the decision, but it’s…

Watch out George, he’s gaining on you Arnold Schwarzenegger – I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman. (Via ProRev)

Why the Democrats need Matt Gonzalez to win Op-ed in SF Chronicle by Peter Gabel As has so often been the case over the last 30 years, the Democrats have got it all wrong — in fact, exactly backward. The…

Global warming will hit ski resorts, UN warns Global warming is threatening the world’s ski resorts, with melting at lower altitudes forcing the sport to move higher and higher up mountains, according to a U.N. study released Tuesday. Yet Russia…

Boy punished for talking about gay mom A 7-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again” after he told a classmate about his lesbian mother. “I was concerned when the…

Hey, it’s good for the economy Things I don’t want to know about my country Not only are we outsourcing torture, we’re selling the torturers the tools of their trade.According to a new Amnesty International report, the Bush administration approved…

In this crazy world, we can always count on Dubya to do the wrong thing! White House wavering on steel tariffs? The issue is apparently not dead. The backlash to Monday’s announcement that Bush would rescind protective tariffs for the…