I want to buy a gun. As a kid, I loved westerns — those with Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, and John Wayne. They were heroes — good guys in white […]
Mental illness should not become a blanket barrier to owning a firearm
Telecoms want immunity from prosecution for illegal spying–and Bush and the Democrats may just get it for them
By Martin Bosworth The Sept. 20 Newsweek had an illuminating look at the secret lobbying campaign being waged by the major telecom companies to retroactively block lawsuits against them for their participation […]
Endtime for Gonzo
By Martin Bosworth The New York Times broke the story this morning: Alberto Gonzales is resigning. The fact that this is happening bright and early on a Monday morning makes me think […]
Unfriendly cellphone contracts shine light on dangers of arbitration
By Martin Bosworth This week’s Business Week has a look at how the wireless industry is being challenged over its notoriously unfriendly contracts, which demand consumers give up their rights to resolution […]
AT&T censors Pearl Jam over anti-Bush lyrics
By Martin Bosworth Craig Aaron from FreePress.Net alerted me to this bit of funny business: During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another […]
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 […]
July 15: “Black Sunday” For Independent Media
By Martin Bosworth Crossposted at OpenLeft. Tomorrow marks a depressing day for fans of Internet radio stations and alternative newsmagazines of any political stripe. Corporate interests have successfully shepherded through bad business […]
The mockingbird’s song isn’t heard in Jena, LA….
Today is the 46th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel about Southern race relations, To Kill a Mockingbird. This particular anniversary seems a bittersweet one, since the Jena 6 […]
Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!
By Robert Silvey Any discussion of race in America must begin with the fact that for 388 years African Americans have been victimized, and for most of that time they were treated […]
