| Dec 12, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyMea culpa, I misspoke, my bad. I stand corrected. I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though he has indeed gotten very wealthy by taking big bucks from such special interest outfits as IBM, Astra Zeneca, Microsoft, and Siemens...
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| Dec 10, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThis post originally appeared on Amnesty International USA’s website. Mumia Abu-Jamal will no longer be facing execution. He should be getting a new trial. In October, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to reinstate the death sentence that had been overturned by a...
| Dec 5, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyNein! Nein! Nein! Say it ain’t so. Oh dear Herman, Please don’t go! Your chutzpah, Your halo, Your unrivaled hubris, Your lack of embarrassment about being clueless. We didn’t care that your tax plan was dumb,We didn’t care that 9-9-9 made us...
| | Rights / DemocracyIf patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels (and it is), then telling other people’s jokes is the last refuge of columnists (who are often mistaken for scoundrels, for some reason). Let me tell you a joke. It’s a terrorist joke that belongs to John...
| | Rights / DemocracyWon the battle, Cheers galore; Now we need To win the war. With the legalization of gay marriage in New York, Iowa, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and the District of Columbia, plus other forms of recognition elsewhere, it’s easy for...
