I received a very nice letter from a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors today. She wanted to know if I could help spread the word about a 22 year old Egyptian blogger by the name of Abdel Kareem Nabil, who has been sentenced to four years in prison for “insulting” Islam, […]
Regardless of what you might think of Representative Cynthia McKinney and her theories, is it ever acceptable for the official Congressional record of the United States to be edited? Here’s a clip from McKinney’s statement: I mentioned the word impeachment on the House Floor Thursday late afternoon, but I don’t see it in the official […]
From Americablog: The House Republicans just shut down the Patriot Act hearings while the Democrats were still talking. It was absolutely amazing. Then they shut the mics off on the Dems. Even more amazing is that the House Republicans have the nerve to do this during a hearing on, what?, the Patriot Act! A hearing […]
The Christian Science Monitor has a good piece on the recent moves by conservatives to see any trace of liberalism eradicated from the primary schools of America… It was only a matter of time. First they declared war on higher ed, and now they’ve decided to take the fight into the public schools, setting up […]
From a Washington Post article on a recent speaking engagement by Condoleeza Rice: Then, about five minutes into the secretary’s 30-minute speech, three audience members donned black hooded robes and stood with their arms outstretched, referencing the infamous photos of detainees abused by U.S. military police at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Chanting “Stop the torture, […]
