By Johann Hari, Independent UK. I am standing waist-deep in the Pacific Ocean, both chilling and burning, indulging in the polite chit-chat beloved by vacationing Americans. A sweet elderly lady from Los Angeles is sitting on the rocks nearby, telling me dreamily about her son. “Is he your only child?” I ask. “Yes,” she says….
winonadailynews.com By Janice Crabb, Ettrick, Wis. The war on terror has become a perpetual war. George W. Bush has taken powers unto himself that were never intended to be given to the executive branch. He has claimed the authority to tell Congress it doesn’t have any right to know what he’s doing. He’s claimed authority…
Daily Kos Glenn Greenwald has the stats… by ezdidit This isn’t just another impeachment diary. As an activist, a day rarely goes by when I have not either written a letter, sent a fax or email to a Congressman, a politician or a political aide, or a newspaper or magazine, e-signed a petition, or collected…
By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive After a myriad of stories about people being excluded from events where the President is speaking, now we know that the White House had a policy manual on just how to do so. Called the “Presidential Advance Manual,” this 103-page document from the Office of Presidential Advance lays out the…
