Liberal-Progressive leaving cable channel Current TV, which has been plagued with problems that the whole fuss with Olbermann's leaving the network brought to light (basicially, they were operating it on less than a shoestring, and oversold to Olbermann about how professional of a setup he'd be coming into, and refused to ante up to do better - ( Read more... )

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"The true defeatists today are not those who call for recognizing the facts on the ground in Iraq. The true defeatists are those who believe America is so weak that it must sacrifice its principles to the pursuit of illusory power.

The true pessimists today are not those who know that America can handle the truth about the Administration's boastful ( Read more... )

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Some years ago, my mother (under a pen name) wrote a long series of columns for the FINDLAY TIMES, a newspaper in Findlay, Ohio. This (after the cut line) is her column for July 1, 1995, with some minor corrections from me:

In those few moments as they passed by me, flags flying, legs moving in time to the music, drums beating loud and hard, ( Read more... )