
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]