I'd like to do a bit here on language. Primarily on how we have seen it distorted over the last few decades. According to George Lakoff and Geoff Nunberg, the Right has seized the rhetorical high-ground and driven Liberals into defensive postures by altering or subverting the meanings of certain…
Listen to this slide-show-story by Joe Klein and ask yourself whether Obama's approach reminds you of anything you've seen in American politics for the past few decades.
I'm still attending a consumer law conference in Portland Oregon. After today's sessions, I took a walk in the dark. As I often do, I brought my small consumer grade camera with me(SD1100IS). Here are some of the things I noticed while walking through downtown Portland tonight. Who would have…
About a year ago, I visited The Journey, a new church in my neighborhood. You can see that post here. Although I felt like a “misfit” at The Journey (because I don’t believe in the literal truth of any of the miraculous claims of the Bible) I reveled in the…
Al Jazeera (yes, Al Jazeera) has taken the time to interview some of the Ohio voters who are driven by bigotry and ignorance. No doubt there are many others. Now it's time for the mainstream corporate media to do the same, to shame these people into silence. Sunshine is a…