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Shortly after 9/11 I teamed up with Mohamed on something we called “Project Understanding.” It was an effort to allow high school students in the heartland to meet an Arab Muslim. We hooked up with schools for a live two way teleconference. The goal was to get beyond the images of 9/11. I’d like to [...]

The above picture was taken of our baby blogger when she was working on one of her strip routines. This article has been written in revenge for Firedoglake giving her 2 year old nephew an electric “Wiggles” guitar at Christmas…. A Long Time Ago in a state far far away, the future FIREDOGLAKE was born. [...]

A Roper-Starch survey conducted in 2001 showed 41-percent of Americans had used the Internet to find a friend from their past. More recent surveys indicate 99.7 percent of U.S. citizens have now looked for a lost friend via the Information Super Highway. I mention this to underscore a significant trend. Second only to the development [...]

A George Orwell style visit may be coming to a campus near you. It’s all part of a campaign headed by conservative activist David Horowitz and his Students for Academic Freedom, founded circa 2003. The argument they are presenting is that college students can’t safely express conservative views on campus without facing academic retribution. Horowitz [...]

A little light reading for the weekend. Each year in Japan, more than 10,000 deaths are attributed to overwork. The Japanese even have a word for death by overwork – “karoshi”. I mention this because after a week long vacation I fear I’m suffering from a condition commonly known as “workaholism.” I’m basing this on [...]

In the movie Animal House the beleaguered frat boys facing expulsion decided to go on a road trip. Faced with eroding public support for President Bush’s war in Iraq the White House frat boys and girls are adopting a similar approach. Unfortunately for all of us this is not a carefree movie comedy classic. The [...]

I was once told by the Chairman of the Texas Democrat Party, Bob Slagle, that Democrats form a firing squad in a circle. He shared that confidence with me shortly before the party went out of business in the Lone Star State. I mention this because the quote seems to fit the day and the [...]

In my neighborhood I’m the only one who mows their own lawn. I feel competitive with all those lawn service guys who come through the password coded gates. For the past three years I was more than a match for their fancy mowers, edgers, weed-eaters, blowers and chemical sprays. This year I’ve made some mistakes [...]

Maybe its the droopy mustache. Bless his heart. Let’s face it – John Bolton can’t pass a smell test. When you get enough Republicans backpeddling you got trouble in Potomac City. A “Kiss up, kick down” management style got him some good jobs but it won’t get him senate approval as U.S. Ambassador to the [...]

My two year old is in serious ideological danger from PBS. I can tell because the child will not lean to the right. With the help of a number of Bush appointees to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting little Russell should be able to do that by the time he’s four. If you listen to [...]