I for one can’t watch the Repugnant Debates.  I have to depend on others to give me the details textually so I can skip and skim. Newtie, as usual, slung … [Keep reading >>]

From Jeff Masters at Wunderground.com
The calendar says it’s the coldest month of winter, but today’s weather is more typical of March, as a vigorous spring-like storm system has spawned a … [Keep reading >>]

Very good remembrance of Vaclav Havel by Paul Wilson, in NYRB, who was in Prague during his death and subsequent mourning:

 
All his life, Havel lived by the belief that if … [Keep reading >>]

Uff! This will make you tear up… What a great woman! from NPR
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is stepping down from Congress in order to focus on her health. The Democratic congresswoman … [Keep reading >>]

Well, the good people of South Carolina have hung a flapping, hysterical albatross around the the Republican Party and the country at large, even if Newt Gingrich bombs with the … [Keep reading >>]

Unexpectedly, Lawrence Ferlinghetti made an appearance on the NY Times sports pages today. Of last weeks 49ers victory over the New Orleans Saints:
“That was the greatest end of a game … [Keep reading >>]

I’ve been re-reading Eli Wiesel’s ground breaking, terrible, memoir, Night, this last week, along with a niece in 9th grade, who is reading it in her English class. My god! … [Keep reading >>]

Perhaps it’s unfair to use a good Irish [or mebe California-Irish] word  for what Ward Connerly, GOP darling, has been up to with the donations that flowed his way to … [Keep reading >>]

More interesting news about new forms of biofuels:
“Scientists in a cluttered Berkeley laboratory are working a bit of biochemical wizardry to transform ordinary seaweed into biofuels that promise a new … [Keep reading >>]

Mitt Romney:

An Associated Press examination of financial records of Mitt Romney shows that the Republican presidential candidate has offshore-based investments worth between $7 million and $32 million.
Newt Gingrich:

Newt Gingrich’s second … [Keep reading >>]

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what’s to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we’ll succeed.

Rita Atria — The Sicilian Rebel

Over the last few days, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben and Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb took to the airwaves to spread the good news about the victory on the Keystone XL … [Keep reading >>]