Iraq fatalities After a brief lull, all hell seems to have broken out in Iraq, and our troops are bearing the brunt. Two major events in two days have left 10 US soldiers dead, and 44 wounded.

The drug war has resulted in cheaper, more potent drugs From a long clean-and-sober friend: I had a revelation last night while watching TV. Maybe I’m slow, and maybe everyone already knows this, but here goes: In spite of the…

Grocery striker fundraiser at Kulaks Woodshed ANSWER LA held a fundraiser for the striking grocery workers at Kulak’s Woodshed in North Hollywood last night, and raised about $1,000 for the AFL-CIO strike fund for Local 770. Performing were the always…

Big fun with Windows XP After getting home late last night from the fundraiser (see above posting), I discovered my main PC, which runs XP, was running sluggishly, and that normal actions like cut-and-paste and drag-and-drop weren’t working at all,…

This is madness Mentally ill man executed in US. The state of Arkansas forcibly medicates a convict so he is well enough to be executed. Charles Singleton, 44, was forcibly given anti-psychotic drugs which made him lucid enough under court…

Why weren’t they arrested on criminal charges? 3 reservists discharged from Army after abuseAbuse? Brig. Gen. Ennis Whitehead III, the acting commander of the 143rd Transportation Command, found the three soldiers had maltreated prisoners at Camp Bucca, southern Iraq, on…

Respected pollster John Zogby sees 2004 election as 50/50 From a Zogby interview Q. What are Governor Dean’s chances to beat President Bush? Will he be able to carry some southern states? John Zogby: I think that any Democrat starts…