As media analysts have noted , the Iraq war has been falling off the front pages lately, no doubt a combination of apathy, "war fatigue" (a…
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Read moreThe recent reports that Barack Obama is distancing himself from Muslims are detailed enough to be taken seriously, and to be the subject of serious …
Read moreApparently some citizens of San Francisco are putting a measure on the ballot that would change the name of their award-winning sewage treatment plan…
Read moreThe New York Times today has an article by Carlotta Gall basically saying that no one is in charge in Pakistan. It is somewhere behind the first pag…
Read moreBack in the 1970s, when Pacifica radio (where I got my start in journalism in 1978) aired Carlin's "Seven Filthy Words" routine, a lot …
Read moreToday's essential Sunday reading is a piece in the New York Times by Nicholas Kristof , writing from Hebron, where 800 illegal Jewish settlers ar…
Read moreSeveral dozen Obama supporters turned out on Saturday to support their candidate on the Debilly footbridge, as announced on this blog earlier. In a …
Read moreIs it possible that the classic rightwing smear tactics just aren't gonna make it this election year? (psst, Barack Obama is--pass it on--Black!)…
Read moreThe organization Democrats Abroad France and other Paris Democrats are organizing a "bridge-in" for Barack Obama this Saturday, June 21, a…
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