The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
Republican Alabama lawmaker Gerald Allen says homosexuality is an unacceptable lifestyle. As CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann reports, under his bill, public school libraries could no longer buy new copies of plays or books by gay authors, or about gay characters.
Read moreSo in 1979 the super-rich earned 3% of the money and paid 5% of the taxes. In 1999 the super-rich earned 10% of the money and paid 11% of the taxes. The Journal clearly has a different definition of “grew more progressive” than the rest of us.
Read moreThis from the LA Times is the prime example for why we must maintain the filibuster for judicial nominees. Here’s the kind of people the Bush Administration is nominating.
Read moreAs is so often the case, I?m trying to follow the logic in James “Krazy Kristian Kook” Dobson’s speech at the “Justice Sunday” (motto: Gonna Get Legislative On Your Asses) Conference. Ye ?ole bouncing ball of logic was careening around that Louisville church like a rabbit on a meth binge.
Read moreAmerica, with 1,516 U.S. fatalities in Iraq as of March 16, 2005, pays little public attention to its war dead. Indeed, aside from the printed obituaries in metro sections of dailies, there is little acknowledgment by the government or substantial reporting in the media of the soldiers who perish in Iraq and the families they leave behind. We do not see or hear them. They die alone on the hot sands of Iraq and their survivors grieve privately on American soil.
Read moreAmerica, with 1,516 U.S. fatalities in Iraq as of March 16, 2005, pays little public attention to its war dead. Indeed, aside from the printed obituaries in metro sections of dailies, there is little acknowledgment by the government or substantial reporting in the media of the soldiers who perish in Iraq and the families they leave behind. We do not see or hear them. They die alone on the hot sands of Iraq and their survivors grieve privately on American soil.
Read moreA key argument espoused by American supporters of our imperialistic policies in the Middle East is that the Islamic theocracies pose a threat to American security because of their radical nature. Yet here at home, we have our own radical religious fundamentalists clamoring to form a theocracy.
Read moreIn light of the threat’s by certain members of Congress against judges, and given this weekend’s conference pitting “people of faith” against people who believe in the Constitution, I think it might be timely to note the words of a great Indian leader from North America’s past:
Read moreA British resident has claimed he was tortured by US guards at Guantanamo Bay, suffering violent sexual assaults, near drowning and an attack in which he was blinded.
Read moreWell, we got our way again, and that’s what counts. Here’s the latest Afghanistan news from The Independent:
Read moreBig Brother is about to arrive. The Real I.D. act is about to get passed as part of a supplemental defense spending bill. The house insisted on its inclusion in the conference Bill, and despite the fact that the Senate has never voted on the Real I.D. Democrats seem to concede that it will pass as part of this provision. Oh, and it also allows the Department of Homeland Security to “Suspend Laws” in border states. (Does the word Facism ring any bells with you?)
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