Salon suddenly has a new posterboy for their pro-Kerry campaign, Eminem. Thanks to an anti-Bush song and video, the rapper is suddenly a favorite son of the magazine, which has called him to task in the past for his misogynist, homophobic lyrics. But hey, all that’s forgiven now, because the man’s a democrat. I’ve grown […]

Posted on October 26th, 2004 by admin
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Thank you, Christopher Hitchens, for your brilliant deconstruction of the Ten Commandments. For all his intellectual gibberish, Hitchens should really take a moment and do a bit of research into theology before saying something like this: One is presuming (is one not?) that this is the same god who actually created the audience he was […]

Posted on October 14th, 2004 by admin
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Slate has a nice article pointing out the incredible stupidity of honoring Che Guevara as a freedom fighter. Just a few of the “freedoms” he brought to Cuba: * Labor camps used to “disappear” dissidents, gays, and AIDS victims. * Revolutionary firing squads. * A totalitarian regime. Yes, a shining example of a freedom fighter […]

Posted on September 29th, 2004 by admin
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Presidential Candidates Badnarik and Cobb to debate in Miami. Cobb and Badnarik represent the Green and Libertarian parties, respectively, and they will hold a true, open debate the same night as the major party candidates. Note — Cobb and Badnarik will actually accept questions from the audience, who won’t be screened for their politcal views.

Posted on September 28th, 2004 by admin
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If I read another editorial associating the war in Iraq with the greater war on terrorism…. The Bush administration propoganda machine has convinced far too many people that the occupation efforts in Iraq are a cornerstone to the war on terror despite the following facts: 1. The war has diverted military resources from Afghanistan (a […]

Posted on September 12th, 2004 by admin
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A couple of royal screw-ups on the campaign trail, especially right after the opposing party’s convention, aren’t going to help matters. The first, his addition of the words “the war on terror” while talking about the casaulties in Iraq, won’t complete doom Kerry, but the spin unleashed from his campaign afterwards only solidifies the image […]

Posted on September 9th, 2004 by admin
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You’ve got to love hotels with free (I hope) broadband…. William Saletan has written an excellent review of Arh-nold’s speech last night at the Republican National Convention.

Posted on September 1st, 2004 by admin
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I came across this very interesting interview with linguist George Lakoff. He’s got some intriguing ideas about how progressives should frame their debates against conservatives. I found this bit pretty interesting: Why do conservatives like to use the phrase “liberal elite” as an epithet? Conservatives have branded liberals, and the liberals let them get away […]

Posted on August 26th, 2004 by admin
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If you have any interest at all in the issue of stem cell research, please read this article by William Saletan. He cuts through the rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, with an emphasis on John Kerry’s insistence that George Bush has made stem cell research illegal (this isn’t the case — read the […]

Posted on August 11th, 2004 by admin
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Comment Magazine (out of Canada) has an interesting article about the ultimate failure of labour unions, and why a new organizational structure (namely, a guild) must rise from ashes. The critiques of the labour movement (again, focuses on unions in Canada) seem to be right on — unions are rapidly becoming the same beasts they […]

Posted on August 10th, 2004 by admin
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