Rights and Democracy
Influence Peddler for President
Mea 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 in exchange for helping them get favors from federal and state governments.
GOP Closets
No Execution For Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal will no longer be facing execution. He should be getting a new trial.
2012 Won’t Be the Same without Herman Cain
When we watched the endless Republican debates, we knew the others, next to you, were lightweights.
Ethnic Jokes are a Fool’s Game
If 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).
Occupy Ellis Island
The Long Road to Marriage Equality
The UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident
The video sophomore Thomas Fowler shot of a campus cop spraying a group of about 20 University of California, Davis students with pepper spray at close range during a peaceful protest has gone viral. Although this outrageous incident has garnered widespread media coverage, I think it’s important to share my perspective on it as a student who lived through these unbelievable events as they unfolded.
Shocked and Disappointed
In the spirit of the holiday season I have a gift for you: a freshly minted Herman Cain joke. Q: Mr. Cain, what about Libya? A: I never laid a hand on her.
Misrepresenting Occupy Wall Street
As the Occupy Wall Street protesters are swept out of their encampments around the nation, many are asking what the movement’s next step will be and whether the police actions might actually help the two-month-old populist outburst grow.
