Andrew Card was booed big time at the graduate school commencement ceremony at UMass Amherst.
Tell me what they were thinking at UMass, bestowing an honorary degree on Card this year? Is there some federal funding problem? Oh, wait. UMass. Right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA
At moments like this, I am so proud to be a UMass Amherst alum.
Sometimes [...]
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 [...]
I am participating in this blogger action, in a limited way. I’m not following directions, which would be to replace my entire front page with the single word “Impeach.”
I am participating in this more limited fashion because we don’t have the congressional votes for an impeachment process and I think there are actually even more [...]
I’ve been waiting a bit to comment on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There are a lot of opinions out there, and I’m happy most of all that people are talking and writing and thinking about issues, humor and satire vs. criticism and insult, comedy as news, the role of a court jester, and so [...]
People For the American Way believes that “a healthy democracy is an informed democracy,” so they have created WikiThePresidency.org to establish a single place for the public to both acquire and share information about Executive Branch wrongdoings.
It’s a Wiki, so anyone can edit the site, but there are rules. You must post factual claims (no [...]
KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co. was awarded a $385 million 1-year contract (with 4 1-year options) from the Department of Homeland Security to establish “temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., [...]
Applause to West Point Graduates Against the War for honor and courage. Their stated purpose is “to help reclaim the honor of the United States Of America.”
Instilled by the Cadet Honor System with a fundamental, longstanding respect for truth, we graduates of the United States Military Academy believe that honor [...]
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