Category Archives: America
NPR: Hear: Elizabeth Warren Checks In
We’re going to file this one under Intense Planet Money Interviews. Bailout monitor and Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren sat down with Adam Davidson this week and went at least 15 rounds over what’s really wrong with the economy and … Continue reading
Barack Obama: How He Did It | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
This is part one of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the … Continue reading
The Things that Carried Him
“It breaks your heart when you drive through and you see people and they’re crying for you,” Vicki said later. She was especially struck by the nameless mechanic in his coveralls, black with oil. He had crawled out from under … Continue reading
Jesus made me puke
So here I was, standing in the church parking lot, having responded to church advertisements hawking an “Encounter Weekend” — three solid days of sleep-away Christian fellowship that would teach me the “joy” of “knowing the truth” and “being set … Continue reading
Paper Leaders Arrested For Story On Subpoenas
The leaders of an alternative newspaper chain were arrested after running a story about grand jury subpoenas they received seeking reporters’ notes and information on who visits their Phoenix weekly’s Web site. Michael Lacey, executive editor of Village Voice Media, … Continue reading
Get Over Yourselves, Airports
When my wife and I got to the airport, we were informed that I was checked in but she was in danger of being bumped off the flight because it was oversold. I reacted to this news by informing the … Continue reading
Wiretapping Lies Continue, This Time in the NY Post
Monday’s New York Post ran a story by bureau chief Charles Hurt blaming a delay in NSA surveillance activities to find information about captured soldiers in Iraq on the privacy framework that protects Americans from unfettered surveillance. The biting story, … Continue reading
Threat Level – Wired Blogs
Threat Level – Wired Blogs Debating Spy Laws Kills Americans and Telcos Did Spy on Americans, Spy Chief Says ——- What a nut.