Karl Rove is not a genius.  He’s an asshole. Look at all this shit we’ve been through these last five and a half years.  The NIE tells us what we already knew.  Not only has every rationale for the invasion and occupation of Iraq been discredited (I’m with Atrios:  I still want to know why [...]

More growing pains in the blogosphere.  The movement matures, people find their niches as space expands, some people grow envious, hasty words and hilarity ensue, even though more room means there’s more room for everyone. Over at the Roots Project beta site, to which I won’t link because it’s not (yet) ready for prime time, [...]

Some of you may remember when we introduced you to Do More Than Vote back in August.  They’re the outfit of grassroots folks like you who help connect volunteers with GOTV ("get out the vote") organizations that fit people’s interests and time schedules as election time comes.  Back in August, we told you: Cosmopolity members [...]

I saw Lou Reed on the MTV Video Music Awards the other night.  I had been in my car with White Light/White Heat on my stereo and there was Lou on TV when I got home playing the song live.  Lou is way cool and someday maybe Howie Klein will introduce me to some of [...]

[You can find Part I of this book discussion here.  Author John Javna joins us in the comment thread for today's book discussion of 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Fight the Right. As always, for Book Salon, please remain on topic discussing the book, and sustain any other conversation in the comment thread [...]

[This afternboon's guest poster is Matt Browner Hamlin.  Matt blogs at Emboldened and Bring it On, and was a key part of the delivery of a copy of Crashing the Gate to every Democrat in Congress.  Back then he posted under his former pseudonym, "Philo," and he tells me he's cut his hair since his [...]

Tonight’s musical selection is inspired by Christy’s post on New Orleans this morning.  It starts with the song that kept going through my head during and right after the hurricane:  Tom Waits’ I Wish I Was in New Orleans.  Sad, beautiful, atmospheric, a valentine to a place and most of all, to a culture, to [...]

Many of you know we are close to completion of our Roots Project beta site.  This Drupal site will provide a social networking and organizing infrastructure for progressives all over the country.  Whether people want to create groups based on their local communities, based on issues of interest or even based on lifestyle interests and [...]

Last night my partner and I saw the Dixie Chicks in DC.  It was awesome. The show wasn’t very political, but Natalie got in a few digs here and there.  They took the stage to the tune of Hail to the Chief.  She pointed out the presidential box at DC’s Verizon Center (screw Verizon:  SaveTheInternet!) [...]

In 2004, the same people who brought you the Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally networks saw a need, and had the talent and determination to step in to meet that need.  The result was the smashing success of an initiative called Do More Than Vote: Beginning in May of 2004, the leaders of Cosmopolity, a [...]