Beyond symbolism: the Obama dilemma
Along with many other progressives, I'm struggling with what I'll call the Obama dilemma: how to balance the impressive qualities of the man with his legislative record. At Daily Kos, …
Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar …
Improv Everywhere
Observer #1: What is it? Observer #2: Some kind of protest. Observer #3: Fookin' cool! Street theater for the 21st Century, performance art on steroids, whatever, it's subverting the dominant …
I can't decide
Inspirational or hopelessly sappy? Guernica or Mickey Mouse? John or Paul?
Happy Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting …
Human Rights Watch 2008 Report: Democracy Charade
The annual publication of Human Rights Watch World Report is always a sobering reality check about the level of suffering in the world, but also a call to action and …
Vintage MTV
The Oklahoman's entertainment columnist George Lang wrote in today's paper about a Google Video offering he found that features uncut MTV broadcast from 1983. I tracked down the link for …
Coburn calls for investigation of secret rewrite of transportation bill
Here's something I never thought I'd say: Go, Tom Coburn! Apparently, when really, really po'd, our junior senator can actually use his anti-earmark Mission From God™ for good, rather than …
Talk like this will get my vote
I don't want to just end the war, but I want to end the mindset that got us into war in the first place. That's the kind of leadership I'm …