Jan
26
Here are some more actions that you can take online. Pick a couple, or do them all!
Sign up for the newsletter at FactCheck.org.
Sign up for The Progress Report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Watch the video (or read the transcript) of Abu Ghraib whistleblower Samuel Provance speaking out on torture and cover-up, and [...]
May
21
A recent column in the Chinese University’s Student Press magazine (Hong Kong) was deemed “indecent” by the Obscene Article Tribunal because it asked readers about whether they had ever fantasized about incest or bestiality.
A storm of debate followed - on freedom of speech, the right to open sexual discussion, and the obligations and limits [...]
Jan
03
Perhaps Robert George really did intend to write an article that would describe the Well-Lived Life of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, but the result leaves a sour taste in my mouth somehow. It misses something central about her.
Yes, she made a political turn into more conservative terrain. I’m not sure that everyone was so angry about it [...]
Aug
03
What can you do? Some. Call your congressional representatives and express your views. Even if you know they won’t agree, someone keeps track of the numbers. Be polite and specific about your support or opposition on a particular bill, resolution, or issue.
Here are a few actions that I did today to get you [...]
May
06
Listen to Neil Young’s new album, Living with War.
Visit the blog.
Don’t need no ad machine
Telling me what I need
Don’t need no Madison Avenue War
Don’t need no more boxes I can see
Covered in flags but I can’t see them on TV
Don’t need no more lies
Don’t need no more lies
Don’t need no more lies
Click on the track [...]
May
06
ACLU Reveals New Evidence that Government Knew Abuse was Widespread Before Abu Ghraib Photos -
OK, we knew that just by following the tracks of Bush’s legal team…
Still, here’s some more proof for you.
Torture is UnAmerican. Sign the petition.
Army Documents Show Senior Official Reportedly Pushed Limits on Detainee Interrogations (5/2/2006)
NEW YORK — New Army documents [...]