August 2009
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Late empires are known for several things: a self-obsessed, self-serving...
– The Rotten Core: Welcome to the Occupation
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Since I was a teenager, I’ve found old-school machismo pathetic and somehow...
– The “Menaissance” and Its Dickscontents
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When future historians ask how the United States came not only to practice...
– Chris Wallace, A Teenage Girl Interviewing The Jonas Brothers
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From Lincoln to Cheney, from a lawyer president to a lawless thug.
– Cheney Endorses Torture Even Beyond His Own Limits
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The Upper West Side is not already gentrified?
– More Whole Foods Protests
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Stupidity can look a whole lot like creativity. In fact, one of the risks of...
– This explains EVERYTHING!
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If the cable news can spend a week paying tribute to Michael Jackson’s...
– The Pundits Come Out in Force Over Ted Kennedy’s Death
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A man of privilege, he was a staunch supporter of the downtrodden, including the...
– Sen. Edward Kennedy (1932-2009)
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Indeed, much of the American people, especially evangelical Christians, expect...
– The morality of Americans vs Iranians
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Every time the NYT uses a different standard to judge foreign and American...
– The nyt abetted Cheney’s torture policies
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The descent of the United States - and of Americans in general - to lower...
– The evidene mounts further on torture
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The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish...
– Argentina rules on marijuana use
The state cannot establish morality,” he said.
– Argentina rules on marijuana use
Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the...
– Argentina rules on marijuana use
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Why can’t the gays be patient? Well, every day that we’re patient we have more...
– Hope and History | Advocate.com
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One of the things our movement does not give enough appreciation and reverence...
– A-FUCKING-MEN!
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We are not here to make friends,” he says. “We are here to get our rights. And...
– Hope and History | Advocate.com
The hero was a player after all.
– Hope and History | Advocate.com
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The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, the New Deal, Social...
– Why Obama Needs to Brush Up on His FDR
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In its numbers and scale, the systematic discrimination of women around the...
– Gordon Brown & Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Taking Women’s Rights Seriously
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Let me state that very clearly one more time: we almost didn’t take our...
– The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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