I had dinner tonight with a very good friend of mine, who’s celebrating his
70th birthday. It was a big to do, for various reasons, we went to a very
nice ...
*The jobs report is brutal. *
*But the GOP's crowing about the bad news is misplaced, because they are a
very large part of the problem. And their obstuc...
Today’s post is in honor of (and the concluding chapter for) the new book Nick Turse and I have just published, Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone...
A rich guy recently said he would put out ads rehashing the Obama,
Reverend White thing from 2008.
This was disavowed quickly but the point was made an...
I became aware of these two videos within 24 hours of each other, and they
both make me smile...
At first I envisioned some kinda east coast <--> west coas...
This is a clever move by our enemies, but their tactics will fail: US
defence secretary Robert Gates says Libyan troops are placing bodies at the
sites of ...
WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Bahrain: "Tens
of thousands of demonstrators poured into Pearl Square here late into the
night...
"Lately I have been having issues with the term “Founders” or “Founding
Fathers” because it’s pretty nebulous and undefined. There’s Thomas
Jefferson and J...
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