Alternate Brain

I've directed you to The Disgruntled Chemist's Beer Blogging Archive in the past. An excellent resource for those who like good be...

The great Avedon Carol : ... Someday I hope we can collect the taxes the "Christian" right owes the United States government for b...

I think some tribe in the Pacific also did a purification ceremony after Bush left a couple years back: GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will...

It's Saturday and that means the second-to-last chapter of my novel The Captains is up at The Practical Press . And just a programming ...

I couldn't resist that headline at The Smoking Gun . As those of us with experience in these matters know, it's damn hard to make a ...

NYTimes Veterans face serious inequities in compensation for disabilities depending on where they live and whether they were on active duty ...

Here's the last half of a BuzzFlash editorial Last week, Bush himself was asked about the possibility of a Libby pardon were Libby to be...

Paul Krugman on the U.S. Attorney purge: The bigger scandal, however, almost surely involves prosecutors still in office. The Gonzales Eigh...

Seems to be a drumbeat growing, and from more than just the right, to justify a pardon for Libby. This has to be one of the more absurd thin...

"In 1965, Belafonte was on the original Selma march with Dr. King. Just before they reached Montgomery, St. Jude's Catholic Church ...

And Newtie wants to be President ?

Brother Lurch is home from his East Coast Tour '06 and takes a look at what a politician's faith says about the way he will govern:...

How is it you've been able to celebrate the last 6 ? ... And now you're about to turn 50 - and you're still foot loose and fancy...

Good thing the Rethugs are the party of national security , huh?

Really. Lurch reminds us of a good cause.

Women are God's greatest creation in my book. They should get a month at least. Stand up and take a bow, sisters, one day you'll ...

"There is something profoundly evil about a country encouraging young men and women to go off and fight its wars and then shortchanging...

Excellent article at Pacific Views : Americans are truly outraged about the Walter Reed story, but what message have they taken away this we...

Matt Taibbi climbs Tom Friedman's frame. I like Friedman for his expertise in some areas, and his style, but dislike him for his idioti...