Maureen Dowd sums the Bushies up nicely: “You know how bad the situation is when the president’s choice for attorney general has to formally pledge not to support torture anymore.” She also mentions something I missed over the holidays. Why is it that Clarence Thomas is accepting $42,000 in gifts, including batteries and tires? […]
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Along the lines of my New Year’s post, here’s a column talking about what Bush’s vision of the future means for us. (Via Cursor). Similarly, Elaine Cassell (whose book I received as a Christmas present) mentioned on Christmas Eve several things also behind my New Year’s post. She also chimes in on the lifetime […] Although probably swamped with hits in light of the Asian tsunami disaster, the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo, Hawaii, may be worth checking out. The museum, which we visited a couple years ago, is devoted to the history of tsunamis and has some fascinating displays, including oral histories relating to a tsunami that destroyed downtown […] A longer than expected hiatus has me starting with a few random thoughts to begin catching up. Why should we be suprised by this? The International Committee of the Red Cross has charged in confidential reports to the United States government that the American military has intentionally used psychological and sometimes physical coercion “tantamount to […] Leading the top of the list (and almost worthy of a verbatim reprint here) is Juan Cole’s, “If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?” It is an absolutely scathing (but true) indictment on Iraq. Seems to me evangelicals and the Christian right might conclude that God is angry. Despite the fact the […] |
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