The media can't deal with candidates that buck the system. Glenn Greenwald discusses three dramatic cases, John Edwards, Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee. On Edwards, Greenwald writes: It is very striking how little Edwards' substantive critique of our political system has penetrated into the national discourse. That's because the centerpiece…
You can read Vidal's article at Truthdig: I don’t know how many of you were as appalled as I was at the way that the presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was totally erased from the last Democratic debate held in Iowa. This was a decision that was made, I can tell,…
The "Unicef Photo of the Year 2007" is this picture by American photographer Stephanie Sinclair of an 11-year old Afghan girl sitting next to her 40-year old soon-to-be-husband. Photo caption: Portrait of soon to be wed Faiz Mohammed, 40, and Ghulam Haider, 11, at her home in a rural village…
This list comes from "Church Hopping," and it's a good list. I can't say I've ever heard anyone basing a sermon on any of these. Here's an example: Deuteronomy 23:1: No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
When the U.S. was busy invading Iraq, the toy aisles started bursting with new soldier, tank and fighter jet toys. Tonight, I toured the toy aisles of several stores to see whether I could find military toys corresponding to the current state of the Iraq occupation. First of all, I looked…