I'm working on the book today and dug up the text of the Sedition Act of 1918. This was an actual...
Category - Civil liberties
Truth In Advertising
(h/t Drunk Cyclist)
Special Comment
Regarding Olbermann's FISA special comment from last night, Jane Hamsher noted this passage in...
Fear Mongering
The president was just on the TV attempting to scare the shit out of you. Attacks worse than 9/11...
Smoking You Out Of Your Hole
How the hell did I miss this? Wednesday night, Olbermann reported on a story in which New York fire...
I Love Eggs!
Is a fertilized egg a person? Of course this isn't a question that should be answered by scientists...
Privacy Rights And The West Wing
I just watched the first season episode of The West Wing called "The Short List" in which privacy...
CNN's Miles O'Brien misinforms on NSA spying
Oh, CNN. What's wrong with you? You're hiring Glenn Beck and Bill Bennett, and your anchors are...
Americablog buys Gen. Clark's cell calls for $89
I... There aren't words. Read.
Suddenly speedy
The unelected-president at the press conference yesterday: BUSH: We used the process to monitor...
Open Letter to Larry the Cable Guy
David Cross writes. We all laugh. Check it.
Homophobes and racists mentally ill
The Washington Post: The 48-year-old man turned down a job because he feared that a co-worker would...
Rosa Parks, American hero, passes on
Rosa Parks has died in Detroit at the age of 92. She had more fortitude and courage than the...
American racism alive and poppy!
Nobody's born a racist, but man, those white supremicists do start teaching hatred at a young age...
You son of a bitch
Arnold vetoed the California gay marriage bill again confirming the inconsistent: gay marriage is...
Hate Mail of the Month, Year, and Decade
Sent from an anonymous e-mail address with no name attached other than the ominous signature: "the...
Paul's 'opinion' versus Paul's 'word of God'
Graduated up from the comments are some insightful thoughts from commenter "Sojourner Wolf". -Bob...
Constitutional ban on 'reviler marriage', too?
In response to John's Idiot Nation and my Bigotry In The Name of Jesus H. Christ, one of the most...
NY court rules in favor of gay marriage
See? All this Bush talk of freedom, liberty, and human rights is paying off. Oh wait. It's...
Kids will say the darndest things
The Knight Foundation (press release here) issued the results of a poll today regarding high school...