Truly, I can't wait. Especially in light of the way George W. Bush has disparaged science, screwed the public and worried mostly about helping big business.  It all comes together in this post by Think Progress about Bush's Administrator for the EPA, Stephen Johnson: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson…
We've tried to make sense of the huge barely-vetted amount allocated to bailing out failed financial companies. Here is a good view, comparing it to other government programs (adjusted for inflation), such as the Louisiana Purchase, Viet Nam, and the NASA all-time total budget: Chart from VoltageCreative.com Of note to…
Ed adds a nice commentary at the end of his latest post, detailing James Richardson's call for the GOP to get real and stop pandering to ignorance and bigotry: The country has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. With more and more gay and lesbian Americans coming out of…
Here is a link to an excellent essay by two of my best friends. It talks about how labeling plays out in both art and real life and how labels are both irrelevant and destructive. I attended that workshop they refer to, Clarion, and that's where I met them. That…
Sylvester McMonkey McBean is now preparing to leave the White House. I'm alluding to that crafty character from that terrific book by Dr. Suess: The Sneetches. Both McBean and Bush made lots of money through bigotry. They both encouraged suspicion and hate between groups of people. It has been such…