ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Posted by olvlzl T he world needs there to be an Islamic Enlightenment in the Middle East and beyond. It needs an appreciation and passion ...

ALASKA Needs Fuel Assistance From Venezuela Posted by olvlzl O h, thank heavens for those patriotic Inuits who are willing to freeze to dea...

It's a parents right to tell their kids. Note: My friend the nurse says that her first cases of carnival related STDs in young teeagers ...

The dogs in the pictures are SD's Squeak (with the baby) and Robster's Luke (by the fence). The cat is just a funny waiting cat. T...

It is an odd thing to observe, these reactions to a study that came out earlier this week, with much larger estimates for violent death rate...

And from Ohio , of course: It's up to Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to decide whether a challenge to the voter regi...

I'm still reading the study and its critiques. If I have anything useful to say on the statistical aspects of the study it will most li...

It has now entered the terrible twos . Phila, the proprietor over there, writes very thoughtful posts on the environment, technology, polit...

Courtesy of Rob Nigh, this (slightly old) story about playing volleyball across the fence between Mexico and the United States returns some ...

The news are not good for Iraqi women, especially those who work outside the home: They came for Dr Khaula al-Tallal in a white Opel car af...

According to a new book by David Kuo who used to work in Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives Karl Rove's office used this endea...

If you like beautifully written snark, read Wolcott's piece titled "Ratfink Writes New Book". Should you be too busy for tha...

Is sauce for the gander, they say. Applied to transparent elections in the United States, this gets interesting. I earlier argued that all...

The New York Times has an interesting series of articles about the legal position of religious organizations. The separation of church and...

This is from 2002 : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hard-liners in the U.S. Bush administration hope a recent decision questioning North Korea's ...

This is an important alert. You can try to save lives by protesting the planned stoning to death of seven Iranian women. Instructions and ...

This was a few days ago but it's really worth watching for that odd wingnut view on women's bodies, as well as their views of the ...

Via dohiyi mir I found this piece of news about women voters: Poll results and interviews with political analysts indicate the GOP has los...

It looks like the wheels are coming off the Republican experiment (via Eschaton ): An overwhelming majority of Americans think House Republ...

The most recent piece of news about the predatorgate is that at least one Republican in Congress knew about the Internet exchanges in 2000: ...