I’ll be on HuffPost Live‘s “Shadow Convention” tomorrow at 9:50 a.m. PST with Congressman Dennis Kucinich talking about California’s prison guards union as a case study of what happens when we are not mindful of power centers. [Update: Here’s the… Continue Reading
[HT: The Corner]
Father, forgive me, I’ve been a good boy with his campaign stuff. But this I can’t resist:
Via NPR and the AP, according to his son, the leader of the Sikh temple “managed to find a simple butter knife” and died futilely trying to save his congregation from the mass-murdering gunman with it. Was it a “butter… Continue Reading
Now we got female Olympic boxing. No reason we don’t have male synchronized swimming, then. [HT: ABC News, The UK’s “Out to Swim Angels” barred for arbitrary reasons.] The world has gone mad, surely. [And don’t call ’em Shirley.]
It’s the late Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday. R.I.P., his truth is marching on. From the Nobel laureate’s famous exchange with the original sensitive man, even before Alan Alda. Donahue: When you see around the globe the mal-distribution of wealth, the… Continue Reading
BRIAN WILLIAMS: I know how much you love quoting unnamed Romney advisors, so here’s a Republican official familiar with your campaign selection process, told the folks at Politico, you are looking for a quote, “Incredibly boring white guy for your… Continue Reading
CEO tries to commit suicide, fails, then is arrested for admitting he’s a goniff in his suicide note. Reuters: FBI agents arrested Russell Wasendorf Sr., 64, at the Iowa City hospital where he has been since trying to commit suicide… Continue Reading
The Harvard Crimson: An earlier version of this article used the pronoun “she” to refer to Vanidy “Van” Bailey, the newly appointed director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. In fact, Bailey prefers not to be referred… Continue Reading
A favorite meme of the anti-“Religious Right” is that Jesus wasn’t political, and they should stop mixing the Bible with GOP politics. And so, my left eyebrow raised all by itself when I saw this: “He was out there fighting… Continue Reading