In Los Angeles, the workers are restless L.A. grocery strike joined by transportation strikeThe 70,000 grocery workers now on strike in southern California were joined at midnight Monday by Metropolitan Transit Authority workers. The mechanics union is striking and workers will…

That’s what we’re afraid of President Bush on Monday rejected complaints from some members of Congress that he needs to assert more control over Iraq policy, saying, “The person who is in charge is me.” Someone less linguistically challenged, of course,…

Kinky Friedman for governor: “How hard can it be?” Kinky Friedman — novelist, humorist, essayist — thinks he might want to be the next governor of Texas.But if Lance Armstrong and Willie Nelson stay out of the race, you’re probably…

Hikers find 140 buttered shoes On a remote mountain, in Sweden, with half a kilo of butter in each shoe.“If we knew who had done this we could make them clean this mess up,” Alf Kjaellstroem, a province spokesman told…

October 25: Mass march in San Francisco and D.C. Bring the troops home nowEnd the occupation of IraqMoney for jobs, education & healthcare – Not war This will coincide with the massive rally in DC the same day. Over 125…

Ranking republicans tell Dubya, hey try to be a leader, ok? President George W. Bush has lost control of Iraq policy because of infighting among administration officials, the leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday. The committee leaders…

This ain’t adding up, Rush Rush Limbaugh talkin about golf in July 2003: I’ve played the Bob Hope three times and the AT&T twice. It wasn’t bad. It’s just the game is mental. Once you’ve mastered the physical aspect, not…