The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Remembering The Origin Of Memorial Day

    By oleeb on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 8:19pm |
    As well all know, Memorial Day has become a day to remember all those soldiers who have died in service to the United States of America.  That is fitting, as the loss of any life on behalf of one's country...
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    I Sat Upon the Moonlit Night

    By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 6:25am |
    i slept upon the moonlit night i sat at where the shadows warm the darkness felt the coldness numb and fell upon my wounded arm   i sat upon the windows sky i ate the anger from my tears and...
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    The Unemployment Office: Day Care for the Discouraged Worker

    By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 1:52am |
    I go to the unemployment office.  Usually once or twice a week.  I see more and more people applying.  I see longer lines.  I now see men in suits who look uncomfortable being there; figity, obnoxious, panicky.  I suppose this...
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    LINCOLN AND THE REBIRTH OF A NATION

    By Richard Day on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 10:50pm |
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    THE BAPTISM

    By Richard Day on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 5:33pm |
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    The Speaker

    By Barth on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 4:25pm |
    It sits in the back of my head and, as has become common these days, the internet comes to the rescue. Once, I remembered, I read a very compelling article in Time magazine about how what came to be known...
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    Prolonged Detention

    By Barth on Sat, 05/23/2009 - 1:45pm |
    A Memorial Day weekend doubleheader.  First up this post, in response to an interesting segment of the Rachel Maddow Show about what the president calls "prolonged detention"...
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    My Experience in the Family Court: Child Custody

    By Joe Wood on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 11:49pm |
    9 years ago, my son was born.  I was 22. I and the mother were not together, but it was a situation where I established paternity, and entered into a fair 50-50 oral agreement.  Some of you are now saying,...
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    Wrongfully held for 7 years. Dangerous and bitter. Gotta hold'em for life. (Or, we could pay them damages)<i>updated</i>

    By jollyroger on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 4:16pm |
    As the shitstorm over the prospective release of the Gitmo remnant rages, the prospect of the newly embittered jihadi, rightfully furious over his torture and captivity, turning his burning anger upon his old tormentors is brandished as if it were...
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    Cheney's Speech: By TheraP's Rules

    By Richard Day on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 6:07am |
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    I Went to a Wake Yesterday

    By amike on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 5:35pm |
    Yesterday afternoon I accompanied a couple of my colleagues to a depressed industrial town 2-3 hours north of where I live and teach. The occasion was a sad one-and the decision to go made on the spur of the moment....
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    King Kong vs. Godzilla

    By Richard Day on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 8:11am |
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    The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All The Lawyers

    By Richard Day on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 11:08pm |
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    Why George W. Bush was a better president than Thomas Jefferson

    By Nebton on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 4:44pm |

    In the spirit of a recent post comparing Hamilton and Cheney, I thought I'd explore one area where George W. Bush bests Thomas Jefferson hands down: Bush never owned a single slave (as far as I know).

    Of course, you might say that times were different when Jefferson was president, but is that any better of an excuse than "just following orders"?

    Discuss. Please. (I'm only being half-way snarky here.)

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    Want to Change Your Enemy; Lead By Example

    By Joe Wood on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 11:39pm |
    In recent days, I have noticed that there is a swell of ill-will not just against Cheney, Bush, Rove, Boehner, and Palin, but against the party they serve, the ideas they represent, and the ordinary people who believe in their agenda. ...
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    Dear President Barack Obama

    By CVille Dem on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 9:47pm |
    Dear President Barack Obama,   I worked for you and I put my money out there for you.   Although I paid for 3 tickets, I missed your speech in Charlottesville, because my son's football award ceremony was changed to...
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    Oh fer cryin' out loud!

    By ClosetLuddite on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 9:04pm |
    I was checking my local news here in sunny Wisconsin and came across this tidbit.  Luckily this idiot doesn't represent me.  I didn't figure it'd be long before some moron (no offence to morons) decided our DoC officials are pussies...
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    CIVILITY

    By Richard Day on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 12:39pm |
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    The Lighthouse and the Crossroads

    By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 11:48pm |
    When President Barack Obama gave the commencement address given at Notre Dame today, I thought he expressed ideas that make this particular speech extremely timely and universal for it's sentiment.  It is about what he called being "a lighthouse and a crossroads."  It is worth...
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    Cheney, Rummy and Pulp Fiction

    By Richard Day on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 4:04pm |
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    Obama At Notre Dame - Live Blog

    By CVille Dem on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 2:18pm |
    Well, he certainly got a rousing reception!  It will be interesting to see how the likes of David Gregory, Pat Buchanan et al, spin this.   Comments!...
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    Answer to "Is Obama Betraying the Left"

    By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 7:13am |
    My view is that we tend to reduce everything down to simple shapes that fit into the holes we simply understand. I can see that we despise censorship, and love justice. I consider that laws broken, and power abused, and crimes of...
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    Arthur of the Roundish Table: The Quest For Peace

    By Richard Day on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 3:43pm |
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    Starting Over

    By Barth on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 3:17pm |
    A few weeks back, discussing torture and the memos which tried to explain why the government could employ particular methods of extracting information from those in its custody, it seemed important to remind readers of our national mood in the...

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