Congratulations to Morgan Melekos of Linden, TN, our latest Bill Maher ticket winner. Morgan wrote a very nice letter to Senator Frist suggesting that perhaps he has better things to do with the Senate’s time than debate flag-burning: “I realize that your party is desperate to shore up it’s support now that the bitter fruits […]

Interviews from our June 12 show:
Listen to Milan Rai, the co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness UK, which has been campaigning against US/UK policy towards Iraq since the mid-nineties, and Justice Not Vengeance, which campaigns for a peaceful resolution of international conflicts. He gives us his insight into the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and […]

Bill Mason, Executive Director of Tennessee Citizen Action
Alex Wiesendanger, Associate Director of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK).
Why Conservatives Can’t Govern by Alan Wolfe (Washington Monthly)
The Road From K Street to Yusufiya by Frank Rich (The New York Times)
Voter Disenfranchisement by the GOP - They delayed the vote on the renewal of the […]

If this isn’t a prime example of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous quote “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” in action then I don’t know what is.

Newsweek has a draft copy of the national reconciliation plan that will be presented today by Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki. It asks for a firm U.S. withdrawal plan to be enforced by a United Nations resolution:
The plan also calls for a withdrawal timetable for coalition forces from Iraq, but […]

Last Monday we interviewed Monica Benderman who is the wife of Sgt. Kevin Benderman, a conscientious objector who was convicted of desertion and sentenced to 15 months in the brig for refusing to deploy to Iraq for his second tour.
Their story is heartbreaking and moving and Monica’s retelling of it is eloquent and heartfelt. Thank […]

This week’s Bill Maher ticket winner is Rachel Walden. Congrats, Rachel! Rachel’s letter, to Gov. Bredesen, expresses her frustration with a lack of responsiveness from her legislators. She writes: “It is my belief that elected officials have an obligation to respond to citizens’ concerns, and that participatory democracy is stifled when replies are not forthcoming.”
Amen, […]

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
Kevin and Monica Benderman’s websites are www.bendermandefense.org, where you will find three direct ways you can support Kevin Benderman, and www.bendermantimeline.com, which is a chronology of facts surrounding Sgt. Kevin Benderman’s conscientious objection case.
“The End Of Small Politics,” by Sen. Barack Obama. Barack Obama is a U.S. senator from Illinois. […]

From Senator Harry Reid’s Office: “Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow marked the death of the 2500th American soldier by commenting , “It’s a number, and every time there’s one of these 500 benchmarks people want something.” Obviously, to the family, friends, and neighbors of the fallen service members, their loved ones are […]

A must see. On yesterday’s Daily Show, in an rare, unguarded moment, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, in response to a question about why GOP leaders are no longer “the straight talkers, the adults,” said, “I think, greed, cynicism, all of those things caused us to do it.”
Even the dog did a doubletake.