Roger Ebert on how the press reports mass killings

No more pictures or videos, please. I tried my best to avoid seeing the photographs of what happened on our watch in the prison in Iraq. But when I saw a few, I got a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. Then  [more...]

I love to skewer conservatives, and none more than Dick Cheney and his cabal. That said, the article I’m about to quote seems a little too opportunistic; although it’s safe to say that the right wing takes  [more...]

Thom points out a horrifying setback that most of us had missed: the incredibly discriminatory and hate-filled “Marriage Affirmation Act” that’s been ratified here in my home, Virginia. This disgusting  [more...]