Playwright and president—wait. Hear those words together. Czech playwright and president Václav Havel died last night. Communists—not the bullshit bogeymen some Americans see behind every perceived slight against their selfish desires, but real Communists, the kind with tanks and guns…
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Last month Congresswoman Kristi Noem followed her GOP House leaders and voted for HR 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act. On the surface, HR 1904 seems like a pretty good deal: the federal government trades 2422 acres…
The infamous oil baron Koch brothers have told Congress they have no financial interest in the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. However, the Koch's Alberta subsidiary Flint Hills Resources Canada filed for intervenor status in Canadian hearings on Keystone…
Bob Ellis will surely consider this post treason as well. Among the documents in the latest Wikileaks release is this August 1979 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran to the State Department. Deputy Ambassador Victor Tomseth, who was among…