Lt. Ehren Watada, whom I’ve written about before, had the case against him declared a mistrial on Tuesday. Coupled with some of the additional information that has come out about…
Dixie Chicks Ask Toby Keith “How Do You Like Me Now?”
Ever since Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks spoke her mind about our wonderful president, there has been quite the backlash from country music radio and other country music artists.…
Netroots:Relegated to the backroom once again
I’m going to be honest and say I haven’t really followed the dust-up between Bill Donohue, head of the Catholic League, and the Edwards campaign. However, when I initially heard…
Of Christ-like love and Forgiveness
While stopping by Shakespeare’s Sister, I found a link to a wonderful, heart-warming post over at Pam’s House Blend. It is a tale of love, compassion, contrition, and forgiveness. These…
Asshat of the Week Award – Army of one edition
A new year, a new AOTW award. This time, the honors go collectively to the department of the ARMY that decided to send out requests for return to active duty…
Domestic spying now authorised
I know I’m a little lot late to the game on this issue, but I feel it’s important enough to post something on it regardless. As ALLof you know by…
I’m getting angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry…
I was listening to NPR yesterday when I heard a snippet about Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District race between Nancy Johnson, the Republican incumbent, and Chris Murphy, a Democratic state senator.…
Is school bullying out of control?
CNN is reporting about the repercussions of bullying that has gotten out of control. In a small Wisconsin town, the object of the bullying took things to a deadly extreme…
Reconciliation
Throughout our nation’s history, there have been numerous times where we’ve reconciled with our past. On November 7th, we are given that chance again. A chance to reconcile our bad…
Asshat of the Week Award – killer Cabbie edition
Montana’s Senator Burns gets this week’s AOTW Award for his comments that …the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who “drive taxi cabs in the daytime…