Distinguished Senators Spector (R-Pa.) and Feingold (D-Wis.) got into a bit of a tiff when discussing the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage yesterday. We know from experience that talking about gay anything is a hot button issue by the amount of phone calls we get on the air when we choose to discuss it.
It’s very […]
“Rove vs. Reality,” By E.J. Dionne Jr. (Washington Post)
Tuesday, May 16, 2006; Page A17
“There has indeed been a lot of game-changing going on, but Rove’s remarks served to underscore that the game has, from his point of view, been changing in exactly the wrong way. At certain moments, he almost admitted as much. …
“In his […]
From MoveOn.org: “Just days ago, a Republican-dominated congressional committee struck a blow to Internet freedom by voting to gut Network Neutrality, the Internet’s First Amendment.
Net Neutrality has always been the law of the land until recently being threatened. It guarantees that all online speech is treated equally and prevents Internet providers like AT&T from deciding […]
Monday’s Show Archive/Podcast: If FCC rules can keep you from hearing guest Clay Risen (Managing Editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas) profanely regret revealing an anonymous source, why couldn’t FEC rules have kept us from experiencing the entire Bush administration? And perhaps the President should’ve seized the day rather than talking about having seized […]
George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a fish. No, really, literally catching a fish. It would have been nice if he were able to say that his best moment in more than five years in office was catching Osama Bin Laden.
Progressive author Jim Derych (who we interviewed last Monday), author of “Confessions of a Former Dittohead,” will be signing his book tonight at 6:00 pm at Davis Kidd Booksellers in Green Hills. Then it’s off to Flying Saucer where he’ll be drinking liberally with the Drinking Liberally gang.
Jim’s book provides insight into how a dittohead […]
When it suits him, President Bush has no problem with our sacred national anthem being sung in Spanish.
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer will overturn the convictions today of 79 Montanans (posthumously) who were “convicted under the state law, considered among the harshest in the country, for speaking out in ways deemed critical of the United States” during World War I.*
‘”I’m going to say what Gov. Sam Stewart should have said,” Mr. Schweitzer said, […]
We spent a half hour with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants on Monday morning covering so many topics…tax increases, the national anthem, Senator Clinton, found treasures, the Daily Show, and the importance of participatory democracy. Funny though, we never talked about strippers. Link: http://www.liberadio.com/audio/liberadio_flansburgh_interview.mp3. TMBG are at City Hall in Nashville this Friday, […]
You probably need a bit of info to vote in today’s race so take the time to look at the websites of the following candidates (we are only listing those in contested races):
Circuit Court Judge Divison 2
Jimmy Duncan*
Amanda McClendon
Matt Sweeney
Circuit Court Judge Divison 8
Jefre Scot Goldtrap*
Carol Solomon
Public Defender
Ross Alderman
Kelvin Jones
General Sessions Judge - Division III
Angie […]
