Cross-Posted to The Debate Link It's Holocaust memorial day, and I concur with Ampersand: the best way to remember the Shoah is to put your name behind the message of "Never Again." … [Read more...] about Yom HaShoah

I very much remember lectures that evoked reactions like this when I was a wee youngin'. This, on the other hand, I might watch. … [Read more...] about Today’s Lesson: Don’t Treat Kids Like Morons

Why? Because something similar didn't work in the 80s. Ya know, like supply side economics...oh...wait... More here. … [Read more...] about GOP Blocks Dem Gas Tax Relief Proposal

...especially in L.A. … [Read more...] about People Are Finding Creative Ways To Save Money On Gas

A must-read comes once again from the incomparable Murray Waas, who asks this key question: "Is there a double standard on leak probes?" Given what Republicans like Pat Roberts have been able to get away with, and given all the fuss about the supposed Mary McCarthy leak (which she denies), the answer is a resounding YES: "[R]ank and file intelligence professionals now have … [Read more...] about Accountability? With these double standards?

No, seriously. His sect of Sunnism, Salafism, is extreme even in militant Islam circles. So why does he enjoy such support in the Middle East? Sean Aqui has a few ideas. … [Read more...] about al-Zarqawi Hates Nearly Everybody

With whom? Does it matter? Sure, especially when another Madman of Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, makes this provocative announcement in the Sudan (think Darfur, think al Qaeda — not good). Said Khamenei: "Iran's nuclear capability is one example of various scientific capabilities in the country. The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to transfer the experience, … [Read more...] about Iran to share nuclear technology

NOTE: Due to this morning's announcement we've greatly updated today's earlier post, completely retitled it and moved it to the top of the site. Please note that there are newer posts underneath this one, so keep scrolling down. Yesterday we reported that Fox News' Tony Snow was "likely" to accept a White House offer to become the new press spokesman. Last night the Washington … [Read more...] about Fox News’ Tony Snow Named White House Press Spokesman (UPDATED)

According to CNN, leading experts have concluded that "[t]he record Atlantic hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming". That included Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Others disagree, some "[attributing] the warming to natural cycles". Regardless: "Whatever the cause, computer projections indicate the warming to date -- about one degree Fahrenheit (half a … [Read more...] about Hurricanes and the peril of global warming

He says yes -- and explains why. … [Read more...] about Is George Bush Being “Carterized?”

Jane Jacobs, the great urbanist and social activist, has died at the age of 89. She lived not too far from me in the lovely Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, and this great city owes much to her generous influence. So do cities worldwide. I don't agree with everything she had to say on every topic she explored, notably Quebecois separatism, but she was truly one of our greatest … [Read more...] about Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)

Your mommy used to tell you "it's not polite to point." Too bad she's not around now because you could unleash her to give her little talk to a bunch of people. Gas prices are soaring and the patience of the American public is running out faster than gas supplies at some stations on the East Coast. The Democrats point to the White House. The White House points to Congress and … [Read more...] about Gas Price Soaring Fuels Political Crisis And Fingerpointing

These issues. … [Read more...] about What Are The Most Neglected Issues In The News Media?

Find out here. … [Read more...] about Hu Said What?

Booker Rising thinks so and tells you why. … [Read more...] about Is Osama bin Laden “Trippin'”?

No, I'm not talking about the recent staff shakeup. I'm talking about the White House's gawd awful website. Check out a new design here. … [Read more...] about Redesigning The White House

Good news for Taco Bell and perhaps fewer future giggles for schoolboys everywhere. The BBC reports: A method of creating super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans has been developed by scientists. Beans are a cheap and key source of nutrition especially in the developing world, but many people are thought to be put off by anti-social side-effects.What can they possibly mean … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Scientific Advance: Flatulance-Free Bean Invented

It's a good one. Possibly even brilliant...not something we usually see from the Dems. More here. … [Read more...] about The Dems Gas Tax Idea

In response to challenges on my last post drawing links between American torture policy abroad, and the brutal acts in Tennessee, I wrote the following email: **** When one does not condemn/tacitly consents to X immoral action, it does send a message to the world and to particular persons that X is condoned, even if that message is not intended. This is not particularly … [Read more...] about Asleep at the Gate

If we start torturing suspected terrorists, where do we stop? Suspected murderers? Robbers? Drug dealers? Read the story and listen to the audio of a suspected small-time drug dealer being beaten and shocked through his testicles by "officers of the law." From Abu Gharib to Guantanamo to Black Sites to the American south. If you don't stop inhumanity at the start, it spreads … [Read more...] about Torture Spreads To Tennessee