Oh man, this is brilliant. Milton Glaser talks about ten important things he’s learned in life: Number 3: SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM. … And the important thing that I can tell you is that there is a test to determine whether someone is toxic or nourishing in your relationship with them. Here is [...]
In an apparent bid to remove any lingering doubt that the Republican party has entered a state of complete moral turpitude, Senate Republicans are in the final stages of pushing through a bill that will eliminate the ability of individuals to file for personal bankruptcy. The bastards don’t come out and tell us what they’re [...]
Juan Cole has written a great summary of Lebanese political history, a fascinating and often tragic story of ethnic divisions, foreign intervention, colonial machinations, and war: In 1982 the Israelis mounted an unprovoked invasion of Lebanon as Ariel Sharon sought to destroy the remnants of the weakened PLO in Beirut. He failed, but the war [...]
At last, a breath of sanity: Rejecting a series of arguments put forward by the government, District Court Judge Henry F. Floyd said the indefinite detention of Jose Padilla — who the administration has said is a terrorist supporter of al Qaeda — is illegal and that Padilla must be released from a naval brig [...]
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