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Worth the time

Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman? (Via Discourse.net). From a reader e-mail, here’s an interesting concept I plan on studying a bit closer: What would it mean for both the state and our individual pocketbooks if we replace all current South Dakota taxes with a state income tax? The Guardian takes a look […]

Worth the time

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? […]

Worth the time

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 […]

Tsunami

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 […]

Random thoughts

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 […]