The Real Appeasement
Appeasement is a matter of perspective. The fear tactics employed to demonize groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and entire countries such as Iran, are not the tactics of democrats but that of fascists. The...
View ArticleLiberationist Priest elected head of UN General Assembly
American-born Rev. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, a former Sandinista foreign minister, has just been elected president of the UN General Assembly.
View ArticleWhy not Elizabeth Edwards for VP?
John doesn't want to do it again, and Elizabeth demonstrated her progressive credentials and fighting spirit over these past few months. Why not Elizabeth?
View ArticleUSA 2008 = Canada 1993 ?
Fifteen years ago, in the summer of 1993, Canada's governing Progressive Conservative Party selected their first woman leader, and Canada's first and only woman prime minister. Later that fall in...
View ArticlePalin's Death from Above
Sarah Palin's controversial support for private citizens' role in the aerial killing of wolves and bears has not been discussed much so far, so here's a brief run down of the issue.
View ArticlePalin's Death from Above (fixed)
Sarah Palin's controversial support for private citizens' role in the aerial killing of wolves and bears has not been discussed much so far, so here's a brief run down of the issue (Last diary got...
View ArticleRaising McCain Song
Raising McCain is a reference to Raising Cain, and not one the campaign should be making.
View ArticleArticle: Where have I seen Sarah Palin before?
Arash Kamangeer, an Iranian-American who grew up in Iran, and left it to avoid living in a theocracy sees eery parallels between Palin's performance and what he saw while in Iran during the Iran-Iraq...
View ArticleShadow over Canada
The Canadian federal elections have been called for October 14. As it stands now, the Conservatives have built up a strong lead by pouring enormous amounts of money during the summer pummeling the...
View ArticleOn Sex: Palin to the right of Iran?
What does it tell you that Iran's positions on sex education and abortion are far more progressive than Sarah Palin's?
View ArticleCanadian Election in One Week
There is something to cheer about this final week before the Canadian federal elections on October 14. The Conservatives, after reaching majority territory early in the campaign (yes just a month ago),...
View ArticleObama must not cozy up to Canadian PM
The Conservatives in Canada have strengthened their minority government in tonight's federal election results. The centrist Liberals bled support to the Conservatives and the left-centre NDP.
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