Cheney says his beloved torturers can do no wrong.

How the Masters of the Universe created the financial meltdown by treating the American financial sector like one giant fantasy baseball gambling pool.

With a flu epidemic approaching, we could be facing crisis for an industry that is not geared up to insure health. Losses of life are a preventable tragedy, but the issue has been turned into one of cost prevention although the health industry is not producing the best care for the money, now.

I’ve been meaning to get pictures of our trip to New Orleans up for ages, and just haven’t found the right moment to write about them. Until now. Seems a fitting tribute to the resilience and strength of the human spirit that we saw from so many in NOLA to post some pictures of how beautiful areas are, and how far things have come for so many who have been working

The WaPo has just resigned itself–one of the most storied newspapers of our country–unable to discover the truth. They pull off this neat trick by ignoring evidence in their hands.

Senator Edward Kennedy’s funeral is broadcast live from the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston. The Secret Service has been checking people in and doing body scans under a tent since it’s raining. Jesse Jackson, GW Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Arnold Schwarzenegger, members of Congress, all the Kennedys are in attendance, along with foreign dignitaries. Bush 1 isn’t there–supposedly he is not well enough to make the drive. And President Obama will deliver the eulogy.

The service, called the Mass of the Resurrection, is full pomp of and circumstance, incense, altar boys–plus there’s a string quartet and it will be broadcast live on CSPAN, CNN and Fox News.

Can’t just wash it away…

Hurricane Katrina marked a real low point in human compassion and decency in this country on so many levels.

But it also brought out some of the best in so many people from all over the country — and the world. Neighbors helping each other cope with their horrible losses.

Featuring new videos from Lou Barlow and Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band.

Senator Harry Reid has two fights on his hands: the one for health care reform, and the one for his electoral life. Which will he win? Which will he throw?

Either the Republicans and the media have gone insane, or I have. Some of the reactions to Teddy Kennedy’s passing were sadly predictable, like the raw hate that vomited forth where compassion and humanity should have been, and the assertions that the Democrats should bipartisanly compromise the hell out of healthcare because Teddy was such a great bipartisan compromiser – like this latest nonsense from Stephanopoulos: