Yes, I couldn't watch for long either. And, no, I am not particularly interested in celebrity gossip. I do think the trend toward uniformity in the looks of American women is interesting, however.

• 9 weeks ago

I wonder if my outrage fatigue itself is putting my health at risk? I wonder if we can take any more of this, the endless saturation of bad news about bad people doing bad things to us and our world. I wonder what Ralph's solution is to outrage fatigue—perhaps action and resistance would be his cure. As for me, I need a break! http://thomasinapaine.blogspot.com/2008/03/yum-m-...

Thanks to Ralph for being our best hero. Just seeing his wonderful face is a healing thing.

L.

• 23 weeks ago

Where to begin...? First, for me, the notion that it is okay for one group of people to move into an area and destroy lives and homes based on goofy teachings written in a goofy book by goofy folks thousands of years ago is just plain goofy. You might consider exercising your critical thinking skills. Think about how YOU would feel to have your home bulldozed to make room for somebody who thinks you don't have a right to be there, based on the Koran, for example. And if your children, your brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers are killed in the process, based on their religion, how would you react?

Religion and government are never a good mix, and that's where the wisdom of the First Amendment to our Constitution works for us. Unfortunately, the formation of Israel left out that bit of wisdom, thus we have the disaster that is the Israel/Palestine conflict.

• 23 weeks ago

The shameful thing is that candidates cannot speak about the plight of Palestinians without being dismissed in the most hateful terms as "anti-Semitic." Of course, it is entirely fallacious and idiotic to try to invalidate the compassionate concerns of those whose objectivity has led them to an opinion they could not ignore without sacrificing conscience. Everyone, except the most vile among us, despises, in solidarity with all Jews, what happened in WWII—the holocaust. But the terrible truth is that those in Israel who deny the humanity of Palestinians, through innumerable human rights violations, simply HAVE BECOME WHAT THEY DESPISE. It is a sad truth—huge suffering sometimes creates righteous monsters in turn. They need to take stock of how they have become what they have despised and just put a stop to it.

We can put pressure on the candidates, on the media, and on the Israeli government to stop human rights abuse against the Palestinian people. It's what I intend to do, regardless.

• 24 weeks ago

While Kucinich's resolution on impeachment, for the outrages and crimes of the Bush Administration, sits waiting to be noticed in the Judiciary Committee, Congress is busy holding athletes responsible for using steroids. As the bumper sticker says, it's been lovely, but I have to scream now.

• 24 weeks ago