My daughter lost her first tooth tonight. I noticed the gap in her bottom front teeth first, just before her bath, and asked her about it. She told me that it came out Tuesday (with her current sense of time that means ‘not today’) and that she put it under her pillow and […]
The Republicans were quick to note Clinton’s failure to acknowledge the Rwandan genocide and his subsequent lying about it. It would have been more honest of them to point this out, and then discuss what they would have done. The genocide provided, in a horrible irony, a rare moment of agreement between Bush […]
On Sunday, April 18th at 6:00 PM, at Eddie Gall’s Skuttlebutts (where a notorious group hangs out), Democrats will honor Kathryn “Tinker” Harvey for her tremendous support of DuPage County and the Democratic Party, and help to support Rob Freedman’s Candidacy for DuPage Clerk of the Circuit Court.
For forty years Kathryn “Tinker” Harvey has been […]
There’s a great interview from February 2000 that gives some more insight into Philip Gourevitch’s views. I want to be clear that my interest in him is that he brings an informed, and somewhat level-headed (at least it seems so) judgment to his views on the Rwandan genocide, and African genocide in general. […]
David Corn in the Nation writes a pretty damning piece about Clinton’s lack of reaction to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, despite his knowledge of it. Particularly poignant,
“In the first weeks of this tragedy, human rights advocates urged Clinton to issue a clear and forceful declaration that a genocide was happening and that the killers […]
Today is Palm Sunday. The best thing I can offer you is Kurt Vonnegut’s sermon of the same name. It shows the great value, and timelessness of Biblical teachings. The sermon also reflects the intelligence, wit and compassion of Vonnegut, and serves as a useful comparison to Mel Gibson’s recent attempt at […]
Today Paul Krugman shows a couple of examples of how the Bush Administration is using CNN as a way to smear opponents - so much for the “liberal media.”
The first incident started on David Letterman’s show, when Letterman aired a clip of a kid yawning during a Bush speech. CNN reported it the next […]
I’m not an expert at this, and I had to finish it on my lunch break, so it’s rushed. Based on reading calendar history, a history plagued with major inconsistencies, April 1st (”April Fools Day”) has an oddly obscure past.
Background
Many ancient cultures celebrated different times for the “New Year,” including the beginning of spring […]
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Unfortunately I missed the first day of Air America Radio in Chicago, so I’m depending on the review the Washington Post offers among other things. Clearly, like most other shows, it’s going to take some time to develop. I remember, when I still watched Friends, seeing an early episodes rerun and realizing how […]
