Rights and Democracy
Missoula’s Supremely Important Vote
In November’s elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi’s state constitution. This extremist, anti-choice ballot initiative declared that a person’s life begins not at birth, but at the very instant that a sperm meets the egg.
The Rich are Profiting Like It’s 1929
No wonder the American people are confused — about the economy, the nation, the Middle East, the onrushing election, and everything else. People keep feeding them bad information.
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).
The Long Road to Marriage Equality
Occupy Ellis Island
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.
