Must: Anarchy for Sale, Liberal Gun Nuts, Conservatives Discuss Darwin, and More!

Posted by Liberadio(!) on May 10, 2007 under Uncategorized |

03 May 2007
“A Power Governments Cannot Suppress,” By Howard Zinn, City Lights.
An excerpt from Howard Zinn’s new book — a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens — explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.

05 May 2007
“A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin,” By Patricia Cohen (NY Times)
Over here we have the rational crowd of conservatives likely to represent about 50% of the country quite well. And over here we have the fundamentalists likely to represent about 5% of the country quite well. But honestly: Huckabee?!

06 May 2007
“A Liberal Case for Gun Rights Helps Sway Judiciary,” By Adam Liptak (NY Times)
Why is this news? Because despite what conservatives want you to believe, since 1939 there has been an “almost complete scholarly and judicial consensus” that the second amendment supports a collective and not Individual rights of gun ownership.

07 May 2007
“Beyond Books: Oprah Winfrey’s Seal of Approval Goes Presidential,” by Juston Jones (New York Times)
The Oprah brand enters uncharted territory: politics. Let’s hope her unprecedented endorsement fares better than the New Yorker’s did in 2004…

08 May 2007
“Reagan, White As Snow,” by Alec Dubro (TomPaine.com)
During their debate, Republican presidential candidates invoked the name of Ronald Reagan about 20 times. Perhaps they should have thought that one through.

09 May 2007
VoteVets.org Launches ‘Generals’ Ad Blitz (VoteVets.org)
Maj Gen John Batiste (Ret.): “Mr. President, you did not listen. You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking our great Army and Marine Corps. I left the Army in protest in order to speak out. Mr. President, you have placed our nation in peril. Our only hope is that Congress will act now to protect our fighting men and women.”

14 May 2007
“Generational Tensions,” by Michael Hirsh (Newsweek)
A fascinating case study in how partisanship is passed through the generations, focusing on the heirs of some lofty political legacies.