So. Russell Simmons, Al Sharpton, and PETA have all signed a letter condemning dog fighting and calling Mike Vick out for his indictment in a dog fighting ring. Well and good. Dog […]
From a “pants lawsuit” to a right-wing talking point
By Martin Bosworth You’re probably familiar with the case of Roy Pearson vs. the Chung cleaners over a pair of damaged pants that were allegedly worth $54 million. Here’s a recap for […]
The linguistic waltz steps of Tony Snow: Watch me dance!
Excerpts from a July 3 press briefing by White House spokesman Tony Snow: Q: Is the President’s decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby — is that the final word in […]
Rollo Tomasi and the Age of Empire
By Martin Bosworth Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It’s supposed to be […]
The Jena 6 and the “old” South; or, plus ca change…you know the rest….
“You can’t understand it. You would have to be born there.” – Quentin Compson, Absalom, Absalom, referring to the South Too often those of us born in the South fall back upon […]
Is the end near for Darth Cheney?
By Martin Bosworth The hot-off-the-presses announcement that the Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed testimony about the Bush warrantless wiretapping program, and asked for a massive document dump, isn’t just significant for its […]
Ideas have consequences – the 43rd anniversary of the Mississippi murders….
You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea. – Medgar Evers Born in 1952, I grew up in a small town in the South of the 50’s and ’60’s. […]
“Be sure, we will be watching you,” the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
Evolutionary pressure is stimulated by great events. Cataclysms, in particular, let the strongest shine. South Africa has, for centuries, been the social equivalent of a violent tidal coastline filled with danger and […]
