Live from the Nuke Free Zone

It’s hard to understand the depth of the problem of the East Bay criminal culture until you read about things like this: a Berkeley man was killed while trying to host a clean, drugs-free, violence-free party for neighbourhood teenagers. The described circumstances of the event suggest that this was not the best area of town […]

As you know, the unconstitutionally established state religion of America (Protestant Christianity) has a few national holidays, among them one you may not have heard of, the National Day of Prayer. This year it’s Thursday, May 4th. On that day a lot of people will be sweating bullets trying to help out their chosen beneficiaries, […]

Well, gee, would you look at that. A terror suspect who was actually (shock) tried in a (gasp) court with a (horror!) lawyer and rights and all that liberal bleeding-heart civil liberties nonsense, and not only was he convicted, he got sentenced (to 30 years, in fact) and everything. And somehow the sanctity […]

A free Time Magazine article has polls suggesting the Democrats take control of the House next fall, and narrow the gap in the Senate.  Just listen to some of these quotes:
George W. Bush’s credibility [sic] on national security and the states’ aggressive gerrymandering, they believed, had turned the vast majority of districts into fortresses for […]

SCOTUS is giving every signal that it will continue to reject the Administration’s arguments that it lacks jurisdiction over Gitmo detainees. Good on ‘em; the legal black hole that Bush is trying to construct there is unworthy of a civilized society.

The memos are well-reported and widely known.  “Intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy,” says the Downing Street Memo.  “Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning,” according to the latest memo released.  The Iraq war, in the President’s view, was inevitable.
And, at some tipping point, it was.  When Saddam […]

First, a bit of an update to the last part: the latest polling numbers from Haaretz show Kadima getting 36 seats, Labour getting 18, and Likud getting 14. A ridiculous 22% of those polled are undecided, which is even more insane when you consider than the elections are on Tuesday. That 22% represents 28 seats […]

An article in the National Catholic Reporter references a Pew poll showing that 46% of respondents support the routine use of torture by the government versus 49% who said it should rarely or never be used. Needless to say, that is way too large a number of supporters. It also explains why the Abu Ghraib, […]

Since I have a working password for the site again (thanks, katster), I figured it was incumbant upon me to, y’know, contribute something. And since I’ve been following news of the upcoming Israeli elections rather obsessively lately, I figured I’d put together a little primer for those any who’re interested, but aren’t really familiar with […]

Is criminalizing abortion about protecting life or controlling lives? I can disagree with and still respect people like William who take a consistent pro-life position. However, the majority of the “pro-life” movement does not take the pro-life position on issues other than abortion, most notably when it comes to matters of war, poverty, the environment, […]