The Democrats take the House. The Senate is split, but several independent senators have pledged to side with the Democrats, giving them control. A majority of Democratic governors. Donald Rumsfeld resigns.
Lots of changes happening.
Despite all of that, I feel like the euphoria brought on by these changes will be quickly forgotten as [...]
I encourage everyone to read this letter by a man who was very involved in protesting the way our government has conducted itself lately.
The author, Malachi Ritscher, immolated himself recently during rush-hour in Chicago, in protest of the things he states in his letter.
Here is a reminder of what he was protesting.
The trial and sentencing of Saddam Hussein are over. The Iraqi judicial system has seen fit to punish Saddam and several other individuals. Several were sentenced to fifteen years in prison, while several others, including Saddam, were sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam insisted his death sentence should be carried out [...]
Just saw this post on Boing Boing. Here is the intro from the original site:
An editorial scheduled to appear on Monday in Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, calls for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
The publications this will appear in will no doubt be read by [...]
I doubt that most Americans realize that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 has already been signed into law. I, for one, did not until I listened to Keith Olbermann’s special commentary on the subject, which I posted earlier. I decided to look more into what has happened and what follows is some [...]
I don’t own a TV, but I am a big fan of Keith Olbermann, anchor of ‘Countdown’ on MSNBC. Here is a transcript of the Keith Olbermann video below, if you would rather read than listen.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin [...]
Last week I watched a talk given by Danah Boyd at UNC. She is a PhD candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information and a social media researcher at Yahoo!
I found her talk to be very insightful and after watching, I promptly added her blog to my list of daily reading. I [...]
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