Category Archives: politics

I’ve just sent this message to Target customer service, regarding their decision to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill legal Plan B prescriptions: I’m a frequent shopper at the Evanston Target near my house. Until and unless your current Plan … Continue reading →

Tim Lambert explains why not to trust John Lott.

Andrew Sullivan: QUOTE FOR THE DAY:“…I … think Dick Cheney … allied to the core of neocons is that bunch who thought we made a mistake in the first Gulf War, that we should have finished the job. There was … Continue reading →

stop staring. I’m not like this. Not at all.

I think this guy really, REALLY gets it. It’s kind of a long read. Like it.

Patriotism, defined: Capt. Ian Fishback, 82nd Airborne, US Army.

Look familiar? By now you’ve probably seen this image on the news, the daily show and convservative websites. To many people, it proves that mayor Nagin was incompetant, for not using these buses to evacuate people from the city. Here’s … Continue reading →

Nobody was raped and killed in the Superdome bathrooms. Nobody was shooting at helicopters. There weren’t race riots in Baton Rouge. But these rumors probably killed people by guiding them away from shelter. Also, it wasn’t just a rumor that … Continue reading →

Lots of people have been talking about how Katrina affects various people’s candidacies for 2008 presidential nominees and the general election. In my view, this is relatively crass considering there are still bodies floating in the muck. However, I have … Continue reading →

What can I say. You can donate to the Red Cross here or directly at RedCross.org. Not much to say on the politics of it other than maybe actually funding the levee repairs earmarked after flooding in 1995 might have … Continue reading →