Alternate Brain

This is in honor of Veterans the other 364 days of the year and in peacetime. Tommy by Rudyard Kipling I went into a public-'ouse to g...

I don't know why I subject myself to Atlanta's talk radio idiocy,but once in awhile in the car I do,just to see what the dipshits ar...

Waltzing Matilda

From Open Forum in the San Francisco Chronicle : Since America mobilized after 9/11, the organization I lead, Swords to Plowshares , has met...

Stolen unabashedly from Sumo ; more at the link: Let's hope our people don't see another year in Iraq.

Stolen from AOB in comments because she says it so well: ... Dems need to get on the stick and get more money and people working fo...

Looks like the poetic muse is loose in the Brain in honor of Veterans Day. Here's a couple from The Master*: If any question why we ...

In Memoriam The young dead soldiers do not speak. Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses. (Who has not heard them?) ... They say,...

Jesus Camp to close . Hopefully they'll be able to save the minds of the poor children they fucked up.

Chapter 4 of my novel The Captains is up at The Practical Press .

[ Originally posted 11 November 2004 . ~ F. ] Take the time for reflection today. Think about the millions of lives given in defense of thi...

Got this from Mrs. G via e-mail: A young boy went up to his father and asked him, Dad, "What is the difference between 'potentially...

The Germans are the first in : Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for hi...

Congratulations to Charlie Brown , even though he lost to Doolittle. Just like Dave Mejias in Fixer's district, Col. Brown was the first...

Congratulations to Jerry McNerney , CA-11's new Congressman-elect. Ya done good against great odds. From the EssEffChron : TO FULLY unde...

Now that the elections are behind us and we have Democratic victory to savor, I'd like to talk about something that's been bugging t...

Today is the 231st Birthday of the United States Marine Corps. I thought this year I'd bring you the history of the Eagle, Globe, and A...

Can you hear the violins playing? The hundreds of Republican staffers - not to mention more than a few Members - who will lose their jobs i...

His Highness has some good background on Rummy's replacement. I can't wait until all these Cold War relics die off.