Last week I attended a panel at The Tank in New York City, where Ari Melber of The Nation, Democratic strategist Scott Shields, and erstwhile John Edwards blogger Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon were giving a talk on progressive politics, netroots political activism, and how to combat the right-wing noise machine.…
Move on is giving away a great bumper sticker. I'm not much for bumper stickers, I've only ever had three on my car. My first was years ago, it said, "Indians had bad immigration laws." My next was during the last presidential election. I can't remember exactly what it said,…
If you want to sleep well and not worry about Bush's new plans for the Middle East, don't read this New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh: "The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?"
Not very well, according to this article from Salon.com. Here's an excerpt: Perhaps most troubling, the Army seems bent on denying that the stress of war has caused the soldiers' mental trauma in the first place. (There is an economic reason for doing so: Mental problems from combat stress can require…
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…