News that Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had called off his planned " Million-Man March " against the U.S. occupation (while also pondering withdrawal from the eight-month ceasefire that has reduced violence levels in the country) is a timely reminder that few things in this world are as resonant as particularly inspired acts of American political branding. In the 11.5 12.5 years since probably less than a million black men descended upon the capital , we’ve had the semi-coherent follow-up Million Family March , the related Million Father March and Million Woman March , the 10th anniversary Millions More Movement , plus the anti-gun Million Mom March , the pro-gun Million Gun March , the 10,000-strong Million Worker March , Robert Mugabe’s Million Man March in Zimbabwe, the Million Step March across North Carolina, the impeach-Bush Million Phone March , the obesity-fightin’ Million Calorie March , a Million Mind March organized b...
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The Mini Tuesday Primary Thread: Paul and Kucinich Triumph, Clinton Endures, Mike Huckabee Splatters Against the WallFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 15:00:00
This is the last truly huge primary day of the year, with four states voting for presidential nominees and two of them hosting hotly-contested House primaries: Dennis Kucinich’s race in Ohio and Ron Paul’s race in Texas. Both of them will win. Sources in Paul’s campaign were tight-lipped, but they expect to know they’ve won within 30 minutes of the polls closing. Also, they expect Republican turnout to be high despite GOP voters dabbling in the Clinton-Obama race. What a...
more The Long and the Short of the Second AmendmentFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:44:00
If you, like me, were wondering how support for the D.C. gun ban can be reconciled with the belief that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms, you might want to check out Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe’s op-ed piece in today’s Wall Street Journal . Tribe, who switched to the individual-right view of the Second Amendment several years ago, nevertheless urges the Supreme Court to uphold the D.C. law when it considers the case later this month. ...
more "Two-Timing John McCain’s Sizzling Secret Sex Life"!From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:20:00
From the Department of I-paid-the-$3.29-so-you-don’t-have-to, I just shelled out precious fiat currency to see what new dirt The Globe has on Sen. McFrontrunner’s sexy-time activities . Answer? Bugger-all. McCain dated strippers and heiresses! Ditched his first wife after she’d been disfigured in a car wreck, and replaced her with a young hottie with a fat bank account! Admitted "the blame was entirely mine"! All these and more you can find ... in McCain’s ...
more Once the Cat’s Out of the Bag, Should Cloning It Be Prohibited?From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 13:49:00
Wikileaks , the website that was "shut down" by a federal court last month because it carried confidential bank documents, is back up under its plain-English address now that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White has rescinded his injunction. Even when the order was in force, Wikileaks, which is dedicated to publicizing evidence of government and corporate wrongdoing, was accessible under its numerical address and at various mirror sites. But civil libertarians were dismayed ...
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