The following is a rough draft of the first chapter of my new book to be titled America: An Imperfect Ideal. I am hoping that you will comment and provide me notes and insights as I begin the writing process. Most importantly have I cogently defined the central thesis of the book and how I hope to prove it? I tend to run  on several tangents at ( Read more... )

 
The Mosquito would have come in handy at the Hippy Dippy in Salem, Oregon where I liked to kick my heels up with a good book and a cup of coffee, scribble in my journal or simply hang out with my friends. The coffee wasn’t exactly gourmand and the ice tea was strained through gym socks, but it was a great place to hang out…except for the damn ( Read more... )

My Space has agreed to comply with the demands of several state attorneys and hand over data on sex offenders that have been identified and already removed from their network. Normally I would be all over this as flagrant violation of privacy and a person’s civil rights but when dealing with sex offenders I am not sure the same rules apply.

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I am not a big fan of Michael Moore as those of you close to me know. But does anyone suspect the U.S. Treasury Department of being guilty of creating a trumped up case for investigating Moore? I do! Moore has been a very outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and has worked with tireless, frenetic energy to expose the corruption that has led ( Read more... )