By Martin Bosworth I’m still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled King George to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans’ privacy yet–legalizing an illegal program, and making […]
FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress
Is the perfect real estate storm about to pop the housing bubble?
I’ve been waiting for the housing crash for awhile. I’m not an expert, but it has seemed to me that we have: a lot of empty existing units; a ridiculous excess of […]
First-strike capability doesn’t just describe Hillary’s debate style
The recent Clinton-Obama exchange over nuclear weapons was much scrutinized, especially by the right. ABC News reported it thusly: “Regarding terrorist targets in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region, Obama told The Associated Press Thursday: […]
Saturday Video Roundup: someone’s in the kitchen with Murdoc
Welcome back to another edition of Scholars & Rogues’ Saturday Video Roundup. Today we begin with television cooking shows, which are getting weirder with each passing day. (Thx to Wendie the C […]
Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote
By Martin Bosworth What an absolute disgrace this is: The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government’s terrorist surveillance laws, approving […]
George Bush: Using the Constitution to destroy the Constitution
By Martin Bosworth In an act of absolutely unmitigated gall, George Bush is using the power granted to the Executive Branch by the Constitution (Article II, Section 3) to force Congress to […]
Hagel-Dodd bill to fix infrastructure a limited vision of the task
At least one candidate and one almost-was candidate for president in 2008 believe that the United States cannot afford — through federal funding — to pay for desperately needed repairs to 160,000 […]
VerseDay: Strike Straight
In this week’s poetry thread, I’d like to acknowledge pieces written by Americans of color, including African-Americans, Latinos, native peoples, etc., specifically (shorter) works capturing some aspect of life in America as […]
The social critical school visits S&R on a Friday afternoon…
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The deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis: let the blame game begin
by Amaury Nora The big story throughout the day yesterday was the Minneapolis bridge collapse and the possible causes for it. Authorities are reporting that five people are confirmed dead and eight […]
