God help and forgive us

Guantánamo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/us/09hunger.html?hp
Torture continues. Say what you want about the Khmer Rouge, the Hutu/Tootsie massacres, even the Stalinist purges, at least many of these atrocities were carried out in hot blood. Not so the current U.S. policy for Guantanamo detainees, which reminds me of a line from the movie Payback: “I’ll make this [...]

All it takes is a good day…

…to feel better about the direction of humanity.
Today we learn that:
The Irish are getting along
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/opinion/27tue3.html
Cruelty against animals may no longer be chic in corporate America
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/business/28burger.html?hp
New York has beaten back the Wal-Mart monolith
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/business/28retail.html?hp
and…
The White House is running scared from what appear to be its own lies
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/opinion/27tue1.html

7pm debate – Suozzi vs. Spitzer

I know most New Yorkers (and the vast majority of the press) believe that Eliot Spitzer will win the primary and general election hands down.
They question why Tom Suozzi is campaigning, in what appears to be a futile Sisyphusian ordeal.
I do not know why he is running, but I know that asking “why” is [...]

Tax and Spend Republicans?

The Republicans are flipping out that they and their SUV driving constituency are being bled to death at the pump. And, they are proposing a tax on oil profits!

“The Republican plan includes a provision that could levy a significant tax on oil company profits, a provision that President Bush promised to veto when a [...]