I’m looking forward to a good New Year - and I hope you have a good one!
Wishing you the best!
Hiram
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Posted 31 December 2005
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Readers of this blog may have noticed I’ve had positive things to say about Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold in this blog. Feingold isn’t an official candidate for president in 2008 yet - although I flatter myself I might have an infinitesimally small bit of influence in his final decision - but I think he […]
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Posted 31 December 2005
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“Holy Freakin’ #@%&, Bush Wanted War Powers in the U.S.” is the story Attytood sees when reading that President George W. Bush sought “war-making authority ‘in the United States.’” The actual Washington Post story is framed as part of the domestic spying/FISA debate and sources a column in the paper by former Senate Majority […]
David Sirota gets it right with links. See the original. We shouldn’t begrudge a decent standard of living to workers - particularly when it isn’t a living wage for a family (perverting the meaning of “decent standard of living”). Aiding and abetting the decline in America’s living standards isn’t what Kevin is […]
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Posted 29 December 2005
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Tom Engelhardt of the Nation Institute provides a very useful perspective on the Bush Administration’s priorities - and their cost. Read it.
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Posted 28 December 2005
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Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Kansas U.S. Senator Sam Brownback have joined together to write an opinion piece in the Washington Post on the Sudanese genocide in Darfur. Both Obama and Brownback deserve a lot of credit for publicizing the issue (and I hope will deserve more for helping to end the humanitarian […]
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Posted 28 December 2005
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I’m cheating on this one. I’ve read a handful of reflections about American life on or near Christmas that resonate. I’m sharing. No analysis to follow - I’ll let them speak for themselves.
In no particular order:
Rob Freedman of Nothing Rhymes With Orange
Garrison Keillor
Rick Klau’s tins
Pandagon
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Posted 28 December 2005
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California Congressman Mike Honda wears a number of political hats, including being Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). So it’s a pretty big deal that Congressman Honda has endorsed Tammy Duckworth in the Illinois Congressional 6th race.
While the 6th District is about […]
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Posted 23 December 2005
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Conservative Judge J. Michael Luttig wrote the opinion (pdf) for a U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruling to uphold reasonable legal procedure in the case of Jose Padilla, who has been imprisoned for three years in military custody and faces terrorism charges. How dare the appeals court - and they call themselves judges! The […]
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Posted 22 December 2005
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I became politically active locally almost three years ago with the Howard Dean campaign. I remember attending my first meetings at the township level and talking about Howard, and what his campaign represented. While generally received well, I found that people who had spent many years with the local Democrats were concerned that […]
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Posted 22 December 2005
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