Possible future fix for the holiday glut problem
I don’t want to pre-judge history or anything, but you know how all the holidays for notable presidents and civil rights leaders are all scrunched together at the beginning of …
Party realignment now finalized in DC
Democratic Party = party of governing, or occasional stabs at it during moments of crisis, with good and not so good members and policy positions. Republican Party = party of …
Is Obama poised to continue some parts of Bush's torture policies?
Yesterday’s news out of the Justice Department in which it indicated support for Bush’s rendition program (i.e. exit visa for torture outside of US) was horrifying. I really don’t know …
17 days in and Obama administration throws in the towel on torture
So much for “change we can believe in.” Torturers will not be punished by the American government, and that means that those who ordered them to do so cannot be …
The wrong four are going to Guantanamo
Four civil rights groups are asking Obama to let them in to Guantánamo to survey the situation at the facility that is now a synonym for torture and report their …
Fair payback
The company that knowingly screwed Lilly Ledbetter out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, then spent hundreds of thousands to “defend” itself from her discrimination lawsuit all the way to …
Day 6: Obama caves to Republican hissy fits
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? I can’t believe that President Obama is ALREADY letting the Republicans run (i.e. ruin) his plan for an economic stimulus. Here’s an idea …
The story behind Obama's uexpected walk past National Archives during parade
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/3213029181_0a4fdd514e_m.jpg" alt="Obamas Inaugural Parade Walk" align="left" />This is cool. That populist gesture was not spontaneous as many watchers might have thought, but the location for it was thoughtfully chosen …