Link: Harper’s Index for August 2006. "Ratio of the estimated U.S. cost of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the cost of the Iraq war so far: 1:1" Don’t forget. Tonight at 7pm is the DFA Tucson Iraq war forum at the Northwest Neighborhood Center. Be there.

Link: BBC NEWS | Americas | Controversial US envoy quits post. I couldn’t express what we all must be feeling any better (stick it up your joompa’, indeed…): I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how … Read more

This month only we are pushing back Reading Liberally from the first Wednesday of the month to the second Wednesday, Dec 13th. DFA Tucson is putting on a great forum on the Iraq war on the evening of the first Wednesday, Dec. 6th, and we don’t want anyone to miss either event. In January, Reading … Read more

UPDATE: Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll will be joining us this evening for a liberal dose of conversation. After a week’s hiatus to accommodate everyone’s Thanksgiving turkey-induced comas, Drinking Liberally is back to make your holiday season a little more merry. We will be meeting this week on Thursday at the Shanty on 4th Avenue … Read more

The American Conservative: Good-bye to All That. I seldom simply recommend an article on my blog. That I’m doing so should be taken as evidence that this essay by Austin Bramwell, formerly a trustee of the conservative mouthpiece National Review, totally blew my hair back. A few intellectually honest conservatives have recently begun attempts to … Read more

DFA TucsonPRESENTS IRAQ: What Next? Wednesday December 6th , 2006 at 7:00pm Northwest Neighborhood Center 2160 N 6th Ave , Tucson, AZ  (One block south of Grant Rd on 6 th Ave. Next to Mansfield Park) Click here for Map   A Panel Discussion followed by Questions and Answers. This Event is Free and open … Read more

You might have noticed that I’ve been rather quiet of late. My heart just isn’t in the blogging at the moment. Every time I think about a topic I might want to blog about a little voice says, "Well, who cares, really?" I’ve been locked in oppositional mode for so long that I’ve lost the … Read more

A fairly important document, which has gotten only pro forma coverage from the traditional media, and a little more coverage in the local Douglas Dispatch, recently landed in my in-box: a press release naming the members of Gabby’s transition team tasked with creating a staff for the new Congresswoman. Their actions and decisions will have … Read more