The Mansur Bombing And The Second Debate
How can George Bush agonize over stem-cell research and not the bombing of thousands of innocent civilians?
Author: Larry Joseph Calloway
I am a writer. I love the Rocky Mountain West. For more than 50 years my primary residence has been in the upper basin of the Rio Grande.
Wonkie Impressions From The First Debate
Wherein I sonorously supplant the colossal bloggers
Forget the catch phrases and imagery. This debate brought out the difference between Bush and Kerry on nuclear proliferation. It’s a down home issue where I come from.
Ethics For Democrats, Duck For Republicans
Hunting for an independent judiciary
Recuse! Recuse! If the new Republican judicial puritans go any further, the entire judicial system will be disabled. Except for corporate lawyers, of course.
Letter From Baghdad
The Telluride Film Festival showed only one film about Iraq
The Telluride Film Festival chose only one of the many new movies about Iraq. It’s a digital film from a digital war. And it’s about soldiers.
A Simple Solution To The Outsourcing Problem
Move to the Phillipines
Mid-Americans don’t really care where their running shoes are glued together as long as they’re affordable. So does it matter where their books are put together?
Border Water Fight Brings Down Wrath Of Richardson
Bill Richardson owns the executive, legislative and judicial branches of New Mexico government. Is local government next? The mayor of a dirt-poor border town is making his stand.
The Madness of Prez. George?
Is Justin A. Frank’s frightening Freudian profile, “Bush On The Couch” really psychology? Or is it just couched that way?
Part-time Legislature? Santa Fe Advice For Visiting Schwarzenegger
Part-time legislatures are no better than full-time legislatures, but if New Mexico is any clue, they are more submissive.
Let Us Now Salute Max Cleland
There is a larger band of brothers
The networks were indulging in their “survivor” show fare, but he was impressive on C-Span, with his FDR way of gesturing with his head and neck, this true survivor who called John Kerry “my bother.”
Appreciating The Democratic National Convention As Art
How to survive the tyranny of cliches
Teresa Heinz Kerry was right. The media celebrities intent upon enforcing a sort of high school code of popularity, good looks and cliches should go shove it.