I’m ambivalent about criticizing religion and religious people. I was reminded of this issue (whether it’s wise to criticize believers)  by some recent facebook posts. One post showed the following image. Another facebook post showed this image, which is factual without being hostile. Let me explain my ambivalence about criticizing religion. On the one hand,…

In Why Tim Eyman should, at last, run for public office Seattle P-I columnist Joel Connelly rightly attacks anti-tax activist Tim Eyman for proposing voter initiatives that have made it impossible to adequately fund education, social services, and other government services.  Connelly writes: Eyman, as a legislator, would have to help write a budget. He…

If you have not seen the Seattle Raging Grannies, you have missed a remarkable experience. If you like your political recipe spicy, with a lefty twist…and sprinkled with humor…these ladies are for you. Disclaimer! Some right-wing diners have experienced severe acid reflux and incontinence, disconcertion, distress, and discomfort. If you experience a dejection lasting longer…

“Building the Peace and Justice Movement Inside and Outside the Democratic Party” Steve Cobble moderates, with Phyllis Bennis, Medea Benjamin, Donna Smith and Robert Score, The People’s Inauguration, University of the District of Columbia Law School, January 19, 2013.

Norm Conrad reports:  WAMEND is the powerful anti-Citizens United and anti-CCP group that you may not have heard of yet.  We are a coalition of the many major local and national organizations who have been fighting behind the scenes to get big money out of politics.  It is about time we opened the floodgates of…

In 2008 the crybaby corporations ran to Uncle Sam for a bailout — after crashing the economy. But conservatives pretend they don’t need government. How well could corporations do business without government laws, protections, regulations, and bailouts? Originally published in 2011.