The little big brother* just doesn't quit. Yesterday Bushie announced once again that we are going to war to make peace. * The three slogans on the white face of the Ministry of Truth: WAR IS ...

The Blue Button Project is beginning to take on a life of its own. I've watched it as it evolved out of frustration and horror into a resolve and finally a tool with which to do something about th...

I do look at the sports pages! It's just that I don't look for what most everyone else looks for. Sometimes it's an item about culture, the large-mouth bass, a really hot photograph, a heart-warm...

Some mornings really manage to do what mornings are supposed to do: restore your faith in the world, its beauty and its possibilities. Today I read a NYTimes follow-up on the story of the Michiga...

Norman Mailer argues in the International Herald Tribune that "the Bushites" really believe that the only way to save America (from the decadence whose mention makes their "conservative" partners s...

A charming and winning young Iranian who knows about war was arrested in Arizona last November as an "illegal" after pedaling around the world for six years in the name of peace. He may be deporte...

A really snappy OP-ED piece from a, er, Frenchie, was jumping off the page in Sunday's NYTimes. Régis Debray asks when will Washington learn to count to three. ["Old Europe"] now knows that the ...

Harvey Wasserman, activist and longtime leader of the anti-nuclear movement, says that, "in terms of basic legal rights and sanctuary from government spying, Americans may be less free under George...

In an open letter to the online magazine, Atrios shows that he understands at least part of the reason they aren't making enough money to survive. . . . I have to say that your continued promotio...

And those who live in New York City are the smartest of all. Recent Gallup and Siena polls, when compared, show that the prospect of bombing and invading Iraq is less popular in New York State tha...