Glenn Greenwald takes note of Fred Thompson’s incipient GOP tough guy actor role.

…like the vast, vast majority of Republican “tough guys” who play-act the role so arousingly for our media … [Keep reading >>]

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“A severe Atlantic hurricane season is on tap for 2007, according to the May 31 seasonal forecast issued by Dr. Bill Gray and Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University (CSU) … [Keep reading >>]

This bare bones press release from the US 5th Fleet (in the Persian Gulf / Arabian Sea) makes me cock my head like a curious dog: what’s that noise I … [Keep reading >>]

Reporting for Beirut’s Daily Star, Rym Ghazal chronicles reaction to the Security Council’s decision to create a special international court to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime … [Keep reading >>]

Thanks to changes in the primary system, Nevada has become a more prominent player in national politics. And, as reported by J. Patrick Coolican and Michael Mishak of the … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in Madison’s Capital Times, David Cates explores the affective dimensions of our war policies: “The Republicans in Congress have called the Democrats’ plan to withdraw from Iraq a “surrender” … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC’s Mark Mardell has been touring Poland and the Czech Republic to gauge government and popular responses to Bush’s proposed missile shield: “Perhaps oddly, it’s not the environmental or … [Keep reading >>]

“The basic idea [of Concentrated Solar Power] is to arrange mirrors so that they concentrate sunlight into a relatively small area and then use the resulting heat to raise steam … [Keep reading >>]

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, But neither are you free to abandon it.
– The Talmud

The phrase “Verschärfte Vernehmung” is German for “enhanced interrogation”. Other translations include “intensified interrogation” or “sharpened interrogation”. It’s a phrase that appears to have been concocted in 1937, to describe … [Keep reading >>]

Look, I know a lot of you admire Dennis Kucinich. I have a pocket of it myself. But when asked why he doesn’t get more respect and more … [Keep reading >>]

“A COKE AND A SMILE: As we’ve told you, the game has never been clearer. When it comes to presidential coverage, the mainstream press corps is now a Republican entity. … [Keep reading >>]