Faith in ignorance
GEOFF SMITH
March 18, 2009
Kingston — So Pope Benedict is in Africa, ministering to the sick, and observing that condoms will not help allay the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is the same thing as arguing that quinine does not help with malaria, that quitting smoking does not lessen chances for cancer or emphysema, and that […]
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN SOMETHING AND ARE ASKED TO DIE FOR IT, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUICIDE MIGHT BE A CREATIVE FORM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, A WAY OF WORKING OUT GUILT FOR HAVING COMMITTED UNSPEAKABLE ACTS IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM….COMMENT?
Army official: Suicides in January ‘terrifying’
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Two […]
YESTERDAY, A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN HAPPINESS…..
Just Hours Away …a note from Michael Moore
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Friends,
This happy, happy day!
We have made it through the Dark Ages and here we are, in one of the most redemptive moments history has ever witnessed. Barack Obama is our best hope to get it right, to heal […]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BEST ASSESSMENT YET OF THE WORKINGS OF THE “RECESSION”…….
January 4, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
The End of the Financial World as We Know It
By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on […]
IF YOUR SKIN IS NOT WHITE…..
THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE PATRIOT ACT….
updated 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Muslim family removed from plane remains at odds with airline
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
On flight, passenger overheard comment from Muslim, reported it to attendant
Airline won’t clarify comment; man says couple just talked about safest seating
AirTran says removing […]
WE ALL HAVE OUR FAVOURITES AS BLACK SHEEP IN THE GOOD OL’ US OF A –THE LAST YEAR WITNESSED MANY CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST, AS WELL AS MANY MORE FOUL (SIC)–YES, OK, UNFAIR TO BIRDS….
TOMASKY HEADS UP GUARDIAN AMERICA, AND HE IS PRESCIENT….AND INSIGHTFUL/INCITEFUL (DEPENDING UPON YOUR IDEOLOGICAL PREFERENCE)
I LOVE HIM….
FROM THE GUARDIAN
Michael Tomasky […]
FROM THE LA TIMES, A SMILE OR TWO, EH, ALL YOU EX-SMOKERS OUT THERE?
Opinion
Obama and smoking
Take it from one ex-smoker: Now is not the time to quit.
By Amy Goldman Koss
December 28, 2008
Rumors persist that President-elect Barack Obama is trying to quit smoking. I hope they aren’t true.
The nation is too precariously balanced right now […]