1. \'Swan Lake\' Painting
(Newsletter)

...October 2008 I'm standing outside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sarah Palin has just finished her speech to the Republican National Convention, accepting the party's nomination for v...

2. Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History
(Newsletter)

... “the city will decline to prosecute misdemeanor charges for presence at an unlawful assembly for journalists arrested during the Republican National Convention.” CONTINUE... Government Failure ...

3. Reflections on 9/11
(Newsletter)

...an Experience Political Views By MWC NEWS    Monday, 08 September 2008 In her “I’m just a hockey mom” speech at the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin—who has rapidly rocketed f...

4. Profiling the profilers
(Newsletter)

...ble tool when carried out by law enforcement. After walking into two profiling situations yesterday during events surrounding the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., I'm convinced of it...

5. Sarah Palin- An awful record
(Newsletter)

...WS    Wednesday, 03 September 2008 More than 280 people were arrested here in St. Paul Monday, the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Among them were several journalists co...

6. Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC
(Newsletter)

...Strikes Against Protest at RNC Op_ed By Marjorie Cohn    Tuesday, 02 September 2008 In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terroris...

7. Which Side Are You On?
(Opinions/Politic)

...r advisor to the Bush/Cheney transition in 2001, the vice presidential campaign director for Dole/Kemp and deputy director of the Republican National Convention in 1996, director of congressional rela...

8. Who's A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
(Opinions/Politic)

...ess and make sure that demonstrators at home are disregarded, denigrated or  preemptively rounded up as happened at the 2008 Republican National Convention.    Then again, one might fi...

9. Killing us softly with detachment
(Opinions/op-ed)

...s the surface of the skin. Perhaps the pain beam weapon will be available to law enforcement by the time the next Democratic and Republican National Conventions roll around. But there’s no reason to...

10. Notes From The American Lunatic Asylum
(Opinions/op-ed)

...and spread democracy around the globe. In this vision, America is the self-appointed policeman for the planet.  Delegates to Republican National Conventions only have had to hear the phrase “Unit...