The dreaded estate tax…

From DJ Mitchell I keep reading about the dreaded estate tax and the “necessity” of repealing it. The politicians make it sound like this a terrible burden on American families– and it’s easy to agree that the avergage American family…

"And God became the people"

A poem to Monsignor Romero written on the 25th anniversary of his assassination, by artist and poet Alfredo Gonzalez y Aguilar. Read “And God became the people“

Bolivia on the brink

After three weeks of mobilisations in defence of Bolivia’s gas reserves, the country’s political crisis continues to deepen. A June 2 attempt to quash the crisis by President Carlos Mesa, by calling elections for a new assembly, and for a…

Stick a fork in it

Straw sounds death knell for EU treaty The Foreign Secretary was today announcing that Britain’s plans for a referendum to approve the EU constitution are to be put on hold EU constitution: a French pig in a poke? But at…

PDAcasts rule!

From Steve Patt, head of  Stevens Creek Software, a Palm software development company Who needs podcasts when you can listen to PDAcasts? I just got a new Palm “LifeDrive”, which is their newest model which includes a 4 GB hard drive,…

I thought Arnold was opposed to ‘special interests’

Schwarzenegger’s secret party line. Big contributors to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) get “a secret telephone number that grants them access to his closest advisors and even the governor himself,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “Twice a month, donors can…