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Sarah Palin and Me
by Charley James –
Anonymous sources are the bane of a reporter’s existence, and have been at least since Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein used them extensively to unmask Watergate and topple Richard Nixon. Read more »
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Sarah Palin: The Veep to Nowhere?
from Carl Matthes –
Well, those old guys certainly know how to shake things up!
John McCain surprised everyone by doing something - well- surprising! He yanked into the national spotlight Rush Limbaugh’s favorite female governor, Sarah Palin of Alaska. She’s an attractive, young, schoolmarm, executive type who could be, by age, John McCain’s daughter. A gutsy choice from what was thought to be a too-old, toothless maverick. John made up for lost time when he reached deep into the VP pool and pulled out “Sarah the Barracuda.” He now has a new set of choppers! A set which is the envy of pit bulls worldwide. Read more »
War & Peace
Military Industrial Complex: Even Worse than We Thoughtby Wendy Block – In iconoclastic journalist Robert Scheer’s brilliantly titled new book “The Pornography of Power,” we get confirmation– in infuriating... Read more »
Economic Equality
The Mothership Hovers Above D’Town: Close Encounters With Progressive Policyby Brad Parker — Beneath a massive prop that resembled nothing as much as it did the “Mothership” from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, strode... Read more »
The Environment
South Central Community Farm: Not Dead Yetby Tom Philpott — When I lived in New York City, I used to marvel at the weeds that would force their way up through sidewalk cracks. What a will to live,... Read more »
Social Justice
Sarah Palin: The Veep to Nowhere?from Carl Matthes – Well, those old guys certainly know how to shake things up! John McCain surprised everyone by doing something - well- surprising! He... Read more »
The Community
Walkin’ the Planks: The DNC Platform Metamorphosisby Brad Parker — Peruse the following excerpts from the platform and policy positions of a state Democratic Party, presumptive nominee and the national committee... Read more »
Elections
Sarah Palin and Meby Charley James – Anonymous sources are the bane of a reporter’s existence, and have been at least since Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein used them extensively... Read more »
