Archive for January 2011

Feminism or Barbarism: The Patriarchy Papers 2010

As always, Kathy Miriam gives us a reality check. The year of 2010 ended with two international rape cases against public male figures. The conviction of former President of Israel, Moishe Katsav, on several charges of rape, sexual assault, and harassment flitted through the air waves during the same period that the liberal-left was focused [...]

Thoughts on the earthquake

On January 5, 2011, Mohammed Bouazizi, an unemployed 26-year-old who had been illegally selling fruit on the street corners of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, died subsequent to massive burns after he set himself on fire the previous month. The police had shut him down, and he saw no other options. His act of… bravery? desperation?… in [...]

Decentralization

Give these people the chance and they will seize whatever remains of American democracy, of which I was reminded when the closet reactionary Brookings Institution came up with a proposal for my state of Maine that emphasized the consolidation of everything from towns to schools. Did they know so little about the place that they [...]

Great Factsheets

Did you know? Landfills are the second largest source of anthropogenic methane (a greenhouse gas) emissions in the U.S. Bunches more… in more detail: FULL

Killer

You ask me who killed the Kennedys When after all It was you and me -from “Sympathy for the Devil,” The Rolling Stones Lots of people are talking about civil discourse with regard to the Tucson shootings, like it was angry talk that caused this demented young man to start blasting away. I think that [...]