Bill Moyers has recently written on the meaning of Democracy on TomPaine.com. First, he presents an illustration of the problem. As is the case with many overarching social issues today, this one starts with a media almost entirely controlled by a few large corporations: Jesus would not be crucified today. The…
Here's the story of one marine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8kuAHQaWQ[/youtube] The comments following this video at YouTube substantiate the huge cultural divide that exists in the U.S. The comment that haunts me the most is about the day-to-day job: breaking down doors and terrorizing numerous innocent people. This occurs because our soldiers can't…
If you want to know what Bill Maher is up to, check out this article at Salon.com. I found the interview to be equally thoughtful and frank--the antithesis of political talk. For instance, on McCain and Iraq Maher says: It's already a partitioned country. What are we fighting for over…
I don't know. We were down from about 6 pm last night until about 9 am this morning. This crash coincided with an unusually intense flurry of spam and some other problems (including some random characters appearing in some of the posts). I'd like to think that we were hacked by the White…
Teen pregnancy is down. Is it because of those abstinence pledges? As indicated in this article from the BBC News, "88% of those who make the pledge break the pledge, so it must be down to condoms and safe sex education." The Guttmacher Institute recently released its own survey showing…