This latest example of well-armed humans being cruel to relatively helpless humans has embarrassed Israel, as it should. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJaPZLNLBu8[/youtube] Meanwhile, there are more than 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, doing who-knows-what because the U.S. media is not covering Iraq anymore. The official word is that our soldiers are still out…
"They're bombing 1 1/2 million people in a cage," says a Norwegian doctor working in Gaza. The attached video contains pointed commentary by Bill Moyers, who addresses massive media failure and indiscriminate death. So often, the human condition seems to be the same sad story over and over, ever so…
Yes, there is another side to this conflict, even in Israel (despite this vote by the U.S. Congress, 390 - 5). [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9DN2Oi0-w[/youtube] It's the same issues every time a country wants to go to war. And the same media problems.
Yesterday, one of the most egregious parts of the "Patriot Act" was held unconstitutional by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. This decision was a no-brainer, but you can never take things for granted. The ACLU website summarizes the decision. Here's an excerpt: A federal appeals court today upheld,…
Rod Blogojevich is not a big fish by any means. Most of the big fish remain nameless and free, according to Frank Rich of the NYT: What went down in the Land of Lincoln is just the reductio ad absurdum of an American era where both entitlement and corruption have…