One of the many good things about having children is that you go through the learning process again, only this time with more experience and (one hopes) more wisdom. The ideas and lessons that were so challenging then, sound simpler now, if not always achievable. It’s amazing for me to think about, but […]
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court ruling permitting gay marriages to begin on Monday in Massachusetts. While the future of gay marriage will be contested in the state and nationally, for some who have waited years, if not decades, a new beginning starts next week. Congratulations to the […]
If you haven’t read Thomas Friedman’s Op Ed in today’s New York Times you should. He believed in the war, if not in Bush’s arguments, and now he admits he was mistaken.
I just heard that Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat is expected to hold a fundraiser in DuPage at the end of June. Will let you know more on the blog when I do.
When we last left General Boykin he was comparing the size of his god with that of others, an act of intelligence in the Bush Administration. Now Boykin’s back, and he’s been busy. He’s working with the Israelis, planning our counter insurgency with an elite group of troops. He may have helped […]
There’s nothing scientific about this, but I take heart in recent discussions on the Market-L email list. The list caters to a lot of consultant, small business and medium-sized business marketing types. Some of those that I know are to my right (from past years of discussion) are not happy with Bush. […]
If you haven’t already, you should take a look at Jacob Weisberg’s article in Slate. Weisberg is the author of books on “Bushisms” and in this piece, “The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity,” really has some well-developed insights. I don’t know if Weisberg’s right, but his argument certainly seems plausible.
Here are a few sources that provide more information, as a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib by American soldiers and staff.
The New York Times gives greater detail about the Red Cross warning U.S. officials today. The article also says that Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and […]
I was not aware of how the International Committee of the Red Cross operated, and was a bit shocked to learn that they knew about abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the American prisons and said nothing publicly. I couldn’t imagine that they would hide such information from the American people; although, I understood why […]
You can send the president and your national congressional members a personal note along with Moveon.org’s petition demanding an impartial investigation here. Please consider it for three reasons: Americans (and the rest of humanity) should not condone murder and torture, an open and impartial investigation is the only hope we have of repairing […]
