diary of a mad christian housewife
On November 22, 2004, Dena Schlosser of Plano Texas cut the arms of her eleven month-old daughter. When police arrived they found baby Margaret dying in her crib. Margaret's blood soaked mother sat...
View Articlewanted in alabama: michael moore or ....
Salon has a story today about the Alabama desegregation vote. http://salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/30/alabama It reports some disagreement about whether the vote shows white citizens of that state...
View Articlethe pastor made things worse
Last monday, I wrote a diary questioning the role of fundamentalism in the recent rash of grusome child killings. An AP story out today suggests the family of Dena Schlosser is raising similar...
View Articledean scream = our rebel yell
If the MSM won't let go of Dean's scream, maybe we should make the most of it. How about if we all start screaming to show our solidarity? Collective screaming has had great force in history and...
View Articlebush's new deal -- deal with it
The other day I came across a piece in Bloomberg by an Economist named Kathleen Camilli entitled: "Bush's New Deal Needs Economic Literacy." I have been feeling down about it ever since. Camilli loves...
View Articleis there a repug ss meet up coming to your town?
Today the news is full of stories about repug senators and representatives barnstorming throughout their states to test the waters on social security. These things are supposed to be going on all...
View Articlebaby right wing hacks
Earlier today, bobcatjh wrote a diary, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/3/115044/2355 complaining about a lame-ass column in his local student paper. This struck a nerve. Our local college paper,...
View ArticleRemember the Triangle Fire
Chapter I: March 25, 1911 It was near closing time on a Saturday at the Triangle Waist Company. The factory had 600 workers, mostly young woman and girls, recent Italian and Jewish Immigrants who...
View Articleslavery apologist kin debunks shroud of turin
greetings from idaho! it's a busy day for me, but I have to take a minute to tell kossacks about an interesting connection between today's headlines and an earlier story of interest. Todays story:...
View ArticleOn Schiavo: Obfuscation is not morality
Update [2005-3-26 16:12:47 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando. I note that this analysis is apropos David Brooks and others. I also take it as a response to the tendency of "reasonable liberals"...
View ArticleProgressives think BIG! "The Constitution in 2020"
Calling all Kossacks interested in the United States' constitution: This weekend there will be a conference at the Yale Law School entitled "The Constitution in 2020". You can get more information on...
View ArticleWho Are You Calling Fringe?
I am a middle aged baseball mom. I have a small business that I run out of my home, which allows me to spend more time with my family. I volunteer substantial time and energies to my son's school and...
View ArticleGreat News on the Palouse
(btw, that rhymes) I live in Northern Idaho, near the Washington-Idaho Border. There are two colleges -- University of Idaho and Washington State University -- in two border towns, Moscow Idaho and...
View Articlemothers day is about peace
Julia Ward Howe, the woman who penned the words to The Battle Hymn of Republic and worked as a nurse on the battle fields of the civil war, had had enough of bloodshed and destruction and wrote this...
View Articleone man, one million votes
On the eve of the post-Taliban elections in Afghanistan, commentators warned of the threat that tribal leaders would try to control the electorate. [E]lders of the Terezai tribe announced on Khost's...
View ArticleBureau of Reclamation
Happy Fourth of July from the Bureau of Reclamation! Here at the Bureau, we are reclaiming Independence Day from those who would turn this national day of unity into feast of divisiveness. We know...
View ArticleGood Greedy Christians
WAPO has an interesting investigative piece about a San Diego event planner who received a multi-million dollar no-bid contract federal in the months after September 11. Sunnye Sims was working out...
View ArticleEwa Beach, Race and Little League
Hawaii just beat Curacao in extra innings to win the Little League World Series!!!! Hawaii was down 6 to 3 coming in to the bottom of the sixth and final inning, but then tied it up to put the game...
View ArticleGirls Just Want to Stay Home
I read an article in the NYT that really depressed me. It reports that a huge chunk of ivy league women plan to leave their jobs (they all plan to go to law school) when they have children. The...
View Articlewhat about dobson?
The news today is all about how the radical right "won" on Miers. But remember, there was a group on the far right that supported Miers' appointment. After all she was an evangelical Christian and...
View ArticleRove did not Forget!!
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald, After watching you on C-Span Friday, I am prepared to start the North Idaho Chapter of your fan club. You were so good! You made me proud to be Irish, and proud to be a trial...
View ArticleDear Senator Obama
You are a hero of mine, and I have great hopes for your future in American politics. I know the speech you made yesterday about religion was intended to generate positive discussion and make...
View Article"Diminished Violence Holding" and Other Fairy Tales
A new AP story is out reporting the U.S. Military's "good news" out of Iraq. These guys may not be good at stabilizing a country, but they sure are good at spin. The military is reporting a five day...
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