Strike Kills 34 Children In Lebanon as Bush Shrugs His Shoulders

An Israeli air strike on the city of Qana killed over 50 people, nearly all of them women and children.
The United States has Iran nearly completely surrounded. With American-backed governments in Saudia Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Lebanon. Iran’s only allies of substance are Hezbollah and Syria. Iran’s president, who seems to [...]

The End of the Christian Conservative Movement?

The Rev. Gregory A. Boyd caused a stir among members of Woodland Hills Church outside St. Paul, Minn., when he urged an end to sexual moralizing and military glorification and said America should not be proclaimed a Christian nation.”
Rev. Boyd was asked several times to endorse Republican candidates, hold rallies against gay marriage, and [...]

The Iceberg of Personal Responsibility

Blogger Dell Gines weighs in on the issue of personal responsibility. How much of what we do is under our own control (the ice above the water), and how much is a result of our environment (the ice below the water).“The rejection of individual accountability as a framework for human existence in effect animalizes [...]

People I’m Tired Of . . .

Stop acting like you’re telling the truth when you know you can’t.

Dude, you are the worst thing to come into the world since Stalin.

Lady, I had a sliver of belief in you. It’s all gone now.

I’m so glad you retired. And I still don’t believe you and Beyonce are really together. Not [...]

Doing Bin Laden’s Work For Him

By Michael Scheuer“As Israel and Hezbollah again prove racial and religious hatred are the core, irremediable traits of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the international media focuses on each side’s weaponry and the evacuees, Osama bin Laden is smiling and praising Allah in his mountain fastness. Again, as after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, bin Laden [...]

How To Profit From a Cooling Real Estate Market

“All over the U.S. there are stories of a rise in real estate foreclosures. Many people who took those exotic mortgages — borrowing 125% of home value or choosing adjustable-rate mortgages — are struggling to make their payments, and some aren’t making it.”
“Also, a glut of new property supply, especially condominiums, is coming on line. [...]

Race is Always Part of the Story

Univsersity of Texas professor Robert Jensen, author of the controversial new book, The Heart of Whiteness, laments two versions of his life story. The first does not address race; the second does. The two versions represent the differing mindset of whites and people of color.

Story One: “I was born in a small city in [...]

Baby For Sale

Traci Hogg has a novel idea. Hogg thinks her 15-month-old Jake is so adorable that someone will want to fork over $100,000 to use him as advertising for a year. She started a Web site, http://www.buyjake.com , where companies can bid on her son.
Hogg a stay at home mom first auctioned off her son’s [...]

Quote of the Day: The Military-Industrial Complex

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for [...]

Dubois vs Washington: The Gay Panic Defense

High-profile San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, pictured, held a seminar this past weekend for prosecutors. The subject–the “gay panic” defense. “A lawyer using the gay panic defense claims that the defendant acted in a state of temporary insanity because of a little-known psychiatric condition called homosexual panic. The defense is nearly always unsuccessful in [...]