1. Bandwagon Politics
(Opinions/Politic)

All aboard the Casey Jones Special I wonder. . .is anybody listening? Is anybody paying attention? Is anybody actually seeing anything? I feel like I'm Laurie Anderson calling her home: "Hello?

2. The Next Election or. . .What?
(Opinions/op-ed)

Caveat:- I am not a fan of the paranoid style of politics, America's favorite style, the style that has brought the most paranoid and paranoia-provoking into power. The paranoid style of politics is a

3. Tibet, China and Human Rights
(Opinions/op-ed)

What is happening in Tibet is horrible, though not so bad as in Burma. The media and governments on both sides of the reporting are cooking the books, as it were. Propaganda, after all, must be used;

4. Human Rights Record of United States in 2007
(Mamblog/Default Category)

The State Department of the United States released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 on March 11, 2008. As in previous years, the reports are full of accusations of the human righ

5. The Unapproached Face of War
(Opinions/op-ed)

Every time I open the Internet or read an article or inadvertently catch the TV news--I dislike TV programming immensely, so I only come across the news looking for sports--or even hunt through the sh

6. Crash! Bang! Clunk! Bonk!
(Opinions/Politic)

Take that you Commie Bastard or The politicizing and ruination of the Olympics Let's get China for investing in Darfur for the betterment of the Chinese nation and the continuation of their political

7. On the Western Edge of the Snow
(Opinions/Bulletin)

The worst is perhaps over for the hardest hit of southern China in the worst snowfall in 54 years, the news people are saying. For 9-10 days, people in some cities in Hunan province have been without

8. Pissed about Pistorius
(Opinions/op-ed)

Oscar Pistorius is a gimp. A crip. A handicapped man with an attitude. He's also what's known, in disability circles, as a super-crip. This is a somewhat pejorative label as it gives the rest of us a

9. An Old Tale
(Editor/Daily)

Let me tell you about Spiderman. He was a smart-ass who played tricks on everybody. A foolish guy. Tantalizing people. Making them miserable. And so, often he outwits himself. This is because he has e

10. Betrayed
(Opinions/Politic)

...ot; about General Petraeus' attempt to further betray us in a war of false bravado and lost causes. Betrayed by James L. Secor It is nice to see a linguist join the battle against the desecration of...