ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Because I've been redecorating the house. I moved Hank's collection of slimy dog toys from one corner to another, removed an artist...

Women's breasts are not supposed to have nipples. Did you know that? Nipples are like erect penises, not suitable to be shown on telev...

So this is the Friday evening seven p.m."bad news" dump: American jailers at the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects...

Kelly This is Helga's pooch, Kelly, again, sitting in a lookout tower somewhere Down Under. My dogs refused to blog today. Hank is cov...

There was a time, not that long ago, when "historical revisionism" was one of the codes the wingnuts used to attack any study that...

This is what Ted Turner asks of the U.S. news reporters: Mr Turner told staff at a celebration of CNN's 25th anniversary that he had tr...

I was watching C-Span2 on Thursday night. They were showing a blogger panel discussion with Atrios from Eschaton on it, among other famous ...

He is the new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As expected, he's about the least suitable choice to this position i...

A Saudi Conservative Council member got into trouble for suggesting a study about reversing the ban on women driving: He just wanted his co...

This will be delayed. Specifically, until June 10, 2005, which is, can you guess it? A Friday. The day when the administration releases ...

Today's Action is simple. Go to http://web.amnesty.org/pages/donate_ now and make a donation. If your penny jar is empty, write a lett...

When they wish to have those pleasant frizzons of fear crawl up their spine, they grab one of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the Twentieth Ce...

I'm going to marry Rush Limbaugh. Bear with me. I know that this is sudden and unlike my usual divine sanity. But I have my reasons. ...

The following essay is by "Doc" Bruce. It describes some of the effects of isolation on the prisoner, and of being a guard in alm...

George Bush finds Amnesty International's recent report absurd: A human rights group's report about conditions at the U.S. military...

The Watergate source whose identity has so far not been widely known: W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second mos...

Today's Action comes from NOW: ************************************************************* The National Organization for Women proudly...

According to the great expert, John Tierney , of the once-respectable New York Times : Discrimination is one big reason, because men have tr...

Amanda at Pandagon has an interesting post on the question whether women have unfair advantages in some sports such as certain kinds of car...

Garden, soon I don't feel like talking politics today. There are plenty of good blogs writing about stuff today like on all other days....