Now more than ever

Can we please just sever it at the panhandle and let it float out to sea?

Jonathan Harris is at it again. I love Harris' Wordcount that presents the most used words in English graphically. Here we can learn, f...

So I had to work today, which just feels wrong to me, and I am bone weary. Part of my job is coordinating volunteers who come in from around...

Saw this referenced at MyDD . The Washington Post has a chart showing a picture of every service person that has died in Iraq as well as a...

Got this one from Harper's . It's not new (posted 15 July 2004), but it's such nice found poetry it has a timeless feel. The...

Looking for the report on Gulf War Syndrome that has just been released, I went to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs ...How May We Serve You? Bu...

The Gov'nor is in Tokyo this week on a trade mission.

This picture, of soldiers at ease in a mosque is from The New York Times . I pinched it from Body and Soul where the concise post pretty mu...

Kristalnacht in Falluja

The Pew Research Center released a study Thursday about the election. Despite the stupid title, Voters Liked Campaign 2004, But Too Much ...

It's a cheap laugh, I know, but apparently a man did actually bite a dog today (or at least that's what the police are saying). In f...

I have tried to avoid weighing in on the "Arafat as dignified statesman" sentiment that seems to be all over the news. Obviously, ...

For Veteran's Day, or the ten minutes remaining, here are some posters from National Archives

This one is special for K

A very LA-type war poster

My oldest friend A's conversation with a sales clerk yesterday: A: I see the regular sweaters and I see the petite sweaters, but I do...

I don't really agree with the oversimplification of this piece by Simon Schama, but the guy just writes so damn well I had to share it....

So I have been thinking about this whole what-to-do-now issue. We all know the solutions being proposed: emigrate, secede, get busy... But I...

I find it fairly amazing that Mary Cheney has been referenced in more than 100,000 news citations in the last six weeks. This according to a...

Can I just say how much I love the Unemployed Philosophers Guild ? Myself, I have the Freud and Couch finger puppet set in my office (fright...