The New Yorker Has Commited Treason

     … or maybe not … First: this is not offensive (at least not to me). It was stupid. And it was irresponsible. But racist? That’s not the way I saw it. But I am angry, nevertheless. Why? Because, more than anything, it didn’t make me laugh. If you are going to do a cover [...]

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Bush On Trial At Nuremberg

   As you watch this ask yourself one question: could you not simply replace the word “German” with “American” and still have all the judgments and admonishments apply where it concerns the conduct of the United States of America vis a vis Iraq?
     How many people has the United States killed in Iraq? And for what? To defend ourselves? [...]

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Slavery by Another Name

I’m at work so I’ll make this quick. I read this interview yesterday (while at work )and thought I’d share. Douglas Blackmon is the Atlanta bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal and he has a new book out about the period of neo-slavery in the United States, otherwise known as Jim Crow. [...]

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