Tuesday’s Tea Party in New York was no genteel affair at The Plaza Hotel. The establishment Republican Party–led by Richard Nixon’s son-in-law, Ed Cox, former Governor George Pataki and former Senator Al D’Amato–were singed by third degree fringe burns as rogue Tea Party candidate Carl Paladino trounced their chosen candidate former Congressman Rick Lazio. With [...]
Today in Brussels, the European Union Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, called France’s expulsions policy a “disgrace”. The EU commission is threatening legal action against France over the French government’s crackdown on its Roma population. Viviane Reding compared President Sarkozy’s policy to the World War II deportation of Jews perpetrated by the pro-Nazi government of Petain, [...]
The first is a failure of memory and imagination. We do not remember that up until very recently virtually all of humanity were locavores (and without particular hardship or ill effects). Because we cannot remember, we cannot imagine.
Last Thursday, in San Bruno California, at about 6:15 PM a 30-inch high pressure natural gas pipeline, belonging to the private utility company Pacific Gas & Electric Co., ruptured. The pipe rupture created a firestorm that killed at least four people, left scored injured, completely destroyed 37 homes and badly damaged 8 others. This tragedy [...]
Pepperdine University’s sign above says: “Welcome Visitors, Pepperdine University is proud to honor the memory of the innocent men and women who lost their lives in the tragic attacks on the United States on 9/11/2001 in New-York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. This exhibit displays one flag for each victim of the attacks, including the [...]
