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A first world democracy with third world religiousity and problems An interesting radio piece from the Australian Broadcasting Company, cou...

Flashback I went to see the String Cheese Incident last week (special thanks to Doug at Buffalo Records, purveyor of fine roots music, for s...

Documentary charts life of two-fisted poet Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Bukowski: Born Into This Four stars out of five Written a...

'Until I Find You' bloated, but brilliant Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Until I Find You By John Irving Rand...

Soul on ice Hockey is back at last, and the Habs are flying out of the gate with a last minute 2-1 win over the Bruins. Jack Todd over at ...

The friendly skies Thank god for airline security staff, otherwise we might have to ride with people whose ideas we disagree with and even...

Clearly people with more time than brains Minutemen guarding the U.S. Canada border. I'd love to see some of these goofballs sit at the...

Nothing like a nice rumor to cost people their lives No proof of helicopter being fired at in NOLA

"I love the smell of ink and bourbon in the morning..." Berkley Breathed is back and in fine form this week

Betcha didn't know... The JP Morgan and Rockerfellers once plotted to overthrow the U.S. Government and install a facist dictators...

Chaos at the Superdome - - or not Digby has a longish, but excellent post on the rumours and hysteria that probably killed more people t...

Tiny patriots This from Patridiot Watch by way of The Talent Show, which asks the question, "What's next? Puppies singing "G...

Amen As usual Bilmon says it better than the rest of us . I see nothing here to disagree with. The west, especially the U.S. is screwed ...

Mature jazzy soul sounds from teen prodigy Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The music business' unfortunate tendency to pig...

Danger in our schools And people say I'm exaggerating when I talk about having seen bears all the time in when I was a kid. The area men...

Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Says She Was Roughed Up at New York Rally Scuffle

Reincarnation of Peter Pan Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Kensington Gardens By Rodrigo Fresan, translated by Natasha Wimme...

After all, Cajun is actually a derivation of Canadian This despite the wingnut whining about how no one is helping the US. Note the date o...

Today's heroes If this doesn't break your heart, you ain't got one. Survivor Story: 6-Year-Old Leads Five Toddlers, Baby To Safe...

a joke A lobbyist, on his way home from work in Washington, D.C., came to a dead halt in traffic and thought to himself, "Wow, this ...