Ellen Sorkin of The Washington Times on how the ACLU fears door open to Big Brother: The United States is at risk of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society where […]
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Tidying Up
New Scientist on 'Space sheepdogs' could round up space junk: An aerospace company is proposing to deploy what it calls a "space sheepdog" to usher space junk safely out of […]
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Coffee Spitter
Jim Henley cracks me up with this little jewel from his post on Professor Lott's response to a previous posting: (Hi. I bitch about politics on the internet. My website […]
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New Scientist on Blog Blockage
New Scientist on China blocks bloggers' sites: State control of the internet in China may have found a new target with many "bloggers" unable to update their web journals, apparently […]
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Anniversary of Iraq War: Time to Listen to the Vets
Veteran and author Charles Sheehan-Miles of Veterans for Common Sense: Twelve years ago, at roughly two a.m. local time on January 17, I was ready to go off guard duty […]
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Killing Dogs
Apparently, Cookeville officer Eric Hall, now famous for shooting a family pet on police video, has shot pets while on duty before. The difference between the current shooting, which was […]
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New Blogger
For those who of you who used to be DelphiForums.com warriors, you'll likely recognize this new entry to the blogosphere – Allen Steadham of Interrace Haven. Allen has operated one […]
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Call for Gulf War Vets and Families
I've just received the following action email from Charles Sheehan-Miles, founder of Veterans for Common Sense: Dear friends and veterans, As many of you know, President Bush is expected to […]
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Matt Hale
Fellow Central Illinoisan, Matt Hale may be headed to jail for solicitation of murder. I won't miss you homey.
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Gravity = Speed of Light
CBC News reports on Speed of light, gravity match: astronomers: Score another point for Einstein. Astronomers have found the speed of gravity equals the speed of light, just as the […]
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