27 May 2007
“I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty.,” by Andrew Bacevich (The Washington Post)
Dr. Bacevich gives us the most striking Memorial Day op-ed possible. An anti-war veteran whose son enlisted and was recently killed in action in Iraq, he deems his own efforts to stop the war and doing his duty a failure. We deem them admirable nonetheless.

28 May 2007
“Good Riddance Attention Whore,” by Cindy Sheehan (Daily Kos)
Shortly after appearing on our show, Ms. Sheehan leaves Camp Casey behind. We hope it wasn’t something we said! She leaves us a lot of responsibility, but we still feel up to the challenge.

29 May 2007
“CEOs vs. Slaves,” By Barbara Ehrenreich (The Nation)
“Why is it so hard for the people at the top to graciously acknowledge their dependency on the labor of others?”

30 May 2007
“Talk Radio Allies Turn on Bush,” by Rick Klein and Steven Portnoy (Political Radar at ABC News)
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t think Bush is enough of a dittohead, and Sean Hannity seeks to Hannitize him. All because Bush is trying late in the game to add “compassionate” back to “compassionate conservative” on immigration.

31 May 2007
“Mitt Romney’s Disappointing Campaign,” by Joe Klein (TIME)
Romney’s posture is television-era picture perfect. But that’s the problem: He prefers posture to position.

“Nashville Homeless Mayoral Candidate Forum,” by Chris Wage (My Quiet Life)
Chris blogs up the mayoral candidates in front of Nashville’s homeless community. Bob Clement pledged (with all the others) to participate in NHPP’s “urban plunge”?! Can we sell tickets?

“Thompson is in the race,” by Brad Schrade (The Tennessean)
Fearing that the Republicans hadn’t shored up their old white guy image sufficiently, the other Uncle Fred gives it a go.

“Minnesota Case Fits Pattern in U.S. Attorneys Flap,” by Tom Hamburger (LA Times)
“A prosecutor apparently targeted for firing had supported Native American voters’ rights.” That’s right, the way it works for Republicans is if you dare to protect voters rights you will get fired.

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