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The Food Movements Rising
Not a typo: Where many social movements tend to splinter as time goes on, breaking into various factions representing divergent concerns or tactics, the food movement starts out splintered. Among the many threads of advocacy that can be lumped together under that rubric we can include school lunch reform; the campaign for animal rights and welfare; the campaign against … [Read more...] about The Food Movements Rising
Arizona Immigration Law Increases Crime
Arizona's anti-immigration** law has provoked a torrent of outrage across the nation. Some of the outrage is genuine horror at a law that appears to reflect some of the worst racial stereotypes about Hispanic immigrants. Some of the outrage is, of course, manufactured -- a product of activists and politicians using the law as an opportunity to pander. Some states and localities … [Read more...] about Arizona Immigration Law Increases Crime
Rand Paul Politics
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Will the Gulf Oil Spill Be Barack Obama’s Oil-loo?
Will the Gulf oil spill be President Barack Obama's Oil-loo? Criticism is mounting both in terms of quantity and harshness of President Barack Obama's response to the Gulf oil spill over his abilities as a manager who tries to zero in and solve a problem, as a coordinator who must deal with an emergency's various strands --and of his ability as a leader who can effectively … [Read more...] about Will the Gulf Oil Spill Be Barack Obama’s Oil-loo?
Obama And Dems Legislative Scorecard — Pretty Good But No Cigar
Come this November President Obama and Democratic Party leaders will be calling their legislative achievements historic and unprecedented since New Deal days. In this regard they will call special attention to the health care reform law passed awhile back, and the financial reform that seems likely to be enacted in the next few weeks. This isn't a totally hollow boast. What … [Read more...] about Obama And Dems Legislative Scorecard — Pretty Good But No Cigar
The New Hotmail: Great Features, Less Clutter
Farhad Manjoo says the new Hotmail is hot to trot: My favorite part of the new Hotmail is the way it lets you efficiently sort through e-mail clutter. There are half a dozen "quick view" buttons built into your inbox—click one and you'll see all the recent messages containing photos, another for all the mail with attachments, another for online shopping shipping notices, and … [Read more...] about The New Hotmail: Great Features, Less Clutter
Nuclear Deal Ties One of Iran’s Hands, But Frees the Other: Al Qabas, Kuwait
The recent nuclear deal brokered with Iran by Turkey and Brazil has caused alarm not only in the United States and Europe, but in the Arab oil states. According to this article from Kuwait's Al Qabas, Arabs are concerned that once the pressure is off of Iran over its nuclear program, it will then be free to pursue many of its other foreign policy goals in Iraq, Palestine, … [Read more...] about Nuclear Deal Ties One of Iran’s Hands, But Frees the Other: Al Qabas, Kuwait
Obama and BP Dance
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David Brooks on the Enlightenment
Back when David Brooks was in college, the Enlightenment did not mean what it means today: … [Read more...] about David Brooks on the Enlightenment
We Needed A Leader And We Got Obama
At a time when the United States and the World needed a leader we got Obama. He has demonstrated few if any leadership qualities because he can't or won't. While he talks the talk he can't be confrontational - at a time when there are many great challenges a leader needs to be confrontational. While it was the status quo that got us into the mess we are in now those who benefit … [Read more...] about We Needed A Leader And We Got Obama
Just Asking
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I ask forgiveness for I have stooped to the lowest level of pop journalism, joining the ranks of Today Show host Matt Lauer and all the other bottom feeders. In my world, granting ink to Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the renowned White House state dinner party crashers, is comparable to writing about the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, … [Read more...] about Just Asking
North Korea Escalates It: Freezes Relations With South Korea and Threatens Military Action
North Korea is again playing a game of high-stakes international "chicken" -- now escalating tensions to new heights: it has announced that it's freezing relations with its neighbor and nemesis to the south after being widely condemned for what many believe is its role in sinking a South Korean ship and it is warning that it's now ready for war. North Korea announced … [Read more...] about North Korea Escalates It: Freezes Relations With South Korea and Threatens Military Action
Goodbye Jack Bauer…and Thanks for All the Fish
I would like to think that I have something meaningful and profound to say about the end of the series 24. But that would presuppose there is something meaningful and profound that I haven't said already. I tire of repeating myself, as you no doubt are weary of the themes I have hammered home about the show over these last 5 years - years I have spent watching, writing, … [Read more...] about Goodbye Jack Bauer…and Thanks for All the Fish
Persecuting Polanski and Panahi for No More than Talent: Le Monde, France
Is there some moral equivalency between Iran's arrest of film director Jafar Panahi and America's relentless pursuit of Roman Polanski? According to this article by Franck Nouchi of France's Le Monde newspaper, the two cases have an important thing in common: both men have been 'gagged' because of their 'art.' For Le Monde, Franck Nouchi writes in part: In Iran and the … [Read more...] about Persecuting Polanski and Panahi for No More than Talent: Le Monde, France
Deal To Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Presages Success
The White House and Congressional Democrats have reached a deal with the Defense Department to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars open military service by homosexuals. The contrasts between the present and the last time a repeal was attempted could not be more stark. The DADT policy is a legacy of the early years of the Clinton administration, where a badly … [Read more...] about Deal To Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Presages Success
Poll: Almost 8 Out of 10 Americans Favor Gays in the Military
Amid signs that Congress may be hearing a definitive deal that will scrap the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military, a new A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll finds widespread support for allowing gays to serve -- even among Republicans: Most Americans say people who are openly gay should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, according to a … [Read more...] about Poll: Almost 8 Out of 10 Americans Favor Gays in the Military
Fergie’s Royal Gaffe
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Live Streaming Video of Oil from Gulf Oil Spill Emptying into Ocean
You can watch live streaming (figuratively and literally) video of oil spewing out beneath the sea into the Gulf by CLICKING HERE. … [Read more...] about Live Streaming Video of Oil from Gulf Oil Spill Emptying into Ocean
The Broadband Top 10
Speedtest.net owner Ookla has introduced a new service that uses the results of speed tests done each day around the world to create a Net Index. They clock the global broadband speed right now at 7.67 Mbps; the U.S. (#26, dropping to #32 when quality is factored in) is at 10.16 Mbps. The U.S. speed is half that of Japan (#4), but ahead of Russia (#28), Canada (#32), and the UK … [Read more...] about The Broadband Top 10