Alternate Brain

Pace is still a Marine : The top American military officer, General Peter Pace, declined Monday to endorse the conclusions of U.S. military ...

From A. Alexander at Progressive Daily Beacon "As tragic as it will be to have tens of thousands of innocent Iranian citizens slaughter...

My heart goes out to these young folks, both victims of Bush's crimes. Many more to come, I am sure. I think their marriage is going to ...

Read it and weep.

Ironic Times Only 13% of Congressional Republicans Believe Global Warming Manmade Vast majority cite other reasons. Defense Budget Calls for...

AfterDowningStreet is all over the upcoming Iran Mess like a cheap suit. Here's an excerpt from one post out of many: So, you see? This...

Rob Kall Forget about any other legislation. Kill Bush's ability to make war with Iran, with any other country. Bush and company are usi...

Okay, after watching and reading the news this weekend, it seems a foregone conclusion we're going to attack Iran. It's just a matt...

Good on the Dixie Chicks and congrats to them for winning a Grammy. After withstanding the McCarthyesqe blacklist and witchhunt at the han...

A 'must read' Krugman on war with Iran: Before we get to the apparent war-mongering, let's talk about the basics. Are there peo...

Generally an all-encompassing term which I don't like, but these are our roots : It took a long time for Samuel Adams to come to the su...

LATimes An engineering marvel or a colossal eyesore, depending on who is describing it, the horseshoe-shaped glass walkway will jut out 70 f...

"For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. They're very brave with the terror...

Boy, now they've done it! I mean, political humor at Bush's expense is a good thing, but putting him in a Marine uniform is going to...

Truthout First Lt. Ehren Watada knew exactly what his case was about - and that scared the judge. There was absolutely no reason to stop...

I'm sure you've all heard the brou-ha-ha over the 'A-Listers' clearing out their blogrolls. Not that Kos or Atrios ever lin...

Okay, I'm not naive but how can the Times on one hand print an editorial like this : It took far too long, but a report by the Pentagon...

This:   in my opinion, is borderline, if not full out, child abuse. R.

A few days ago I posted about the fall of the 'American Empire' and how it's already begun: ... Look at our infrastructure, our...

Chapter 18 of my novel The Captains is up at The Practical Press .