The Antiwar Movement: Is Cindy the Tipping Point?
In his 2000 bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell writes that "The Tipping Point is the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point . . . We are all at heart, gradualists, our...
View ArticleArizona Senate: Pederson makes it a race
Well folks, it's official. Jim Pederson, former chair of the Arizona Democratic Party and real estate tycoon, announced today that he will challenge wingnut Senator Jon Kyl in 2006. Although Pederson...
View Articletomorrow, we will make history
The signs are ready. My walking shoes are laid out, next to a Nalgene water bottle and my metrorail SmartPass. And at 9:00 tomorrow morning, I'll depart my home suburban Maryland to join the antiwar...
View ArticleHey, DC-area Kossacks: help me with my MA thesis!
(Warning: Shameless self-promotion ahead) I'm a graduate student at the University of Maryland currently working on my master's thesis about organized opposition to the war in Iraq. Anyways, I'm...
View ArticleZogby: Oops, He Did it Again
Yet more evidence that pollster John Zogby has jumped the shark. A new Zogby/Wall Street Interactive poll out of Arizona shows popular Democratic governor Janet Napolitano in a statistical dead-heat...
View Articleplease remove this diary (well, not really)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my first attempt at a meta-diary. Please be kind, and while I don't typically ask for this, please recommend if you are so inclined). As a long-time Kossack, I've seen the number...
View ArticleA Ray of Hope: Palestinian family donates organs to Israelis
I usually try to stay away from blogging about anything related to the Israel/Palestine situation, because people's reactions to it seem to be so unshakable. But I'm writing today because of a touching...
View ArticleImagine: My Tribute to John Lennon
Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, musical legend John Lennon died after being gunned down by a crazed fan in front of his Manhattan apartment. It was a moment later dubbed "the most shocking moment" in...
View ArticleCanadian PM Martin to US: Fuck Off
The war of words between Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins continued today. For those who missed the story yesterday, Wilkins sounded like a crybaby when he...
View ArticleAn Absolute Communications Disaster
I normally don't play up my professional qualifications here at Daily Kos. I'm a graduate student in the communication department at a major research university, and I've worked professionally...
View Articlesix months of jury duty? help!
Pardon this self-indulgent diary, but I'm in a bit of a bind. Actually, my father is. Recently, he was summoned to appear as a potential juror in a Federal trial. So far, no problem. My father has...
View ArticleThe Supremes: Is Justice Kennedy drifting leftward?
Interesting late-breaking news tonight out of Washington. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has apparently agreed to grant an emergency stay to Florida death row inmate Clarence Hill, who had been...
View ArticleFeminist Visionary Betty Friedan dead at 85 [updated]
Noted feminist Betty Friedan died today on her 85th birthday, CNN has reported. Friedan was most famous for her 1963 manifesto The Feminine Mystique, which helped to usher in the 2nd wave of feminism...
View ArticleSoftly Banging the Drum of Bigotry
During my freshman year of college (six years ago), I became acquainted with "Mary," the wife of a popular professor at my college. Charming and well-spoken, she became a "surrogate mother" to a number...
View ArticleEnough of the Defeatism Already!
Somewhat to my chagrin, both my younger brothers are active in Republican political circles and campaigning for the GOP in November. It seems that despite being raised by the same parents in the same...
View ArticleRally in Maryland with Bill Clinton Tonight
I just got back from a very inspiring rally earlier tonight for Maryland Senate candidate Ben Cardin and gubernatorial candidate Martin O'Malley. Both candidates were well-spoken and articulate, though...
View ArticleTonight, I am Proud to be an Arizonan
Though I've been a registered voter in Maryland since moving here for graduate school in 2004, I've always been an Arizonan at heart. I lived in the state for 23 years and always felt most at home in...
View ArticleRound-up of the GOP Meltdown: Surge Edition
Much noise has been made in the mainstream media about tepid support in the Republican ranks for President Bush's ill-advised plan to escalate the war in Iraq. However, there's been very little noise...
View ArticleSaddam's half-brother executed
Reuters is reporting tonight that Saddam Hussein's half-brother went to the gallows at dawn, Iraqi time: BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein’s half brother and the former head of Iraq’s Revolutionary Court...
View ArticleSTOP the smearing of the 15 released British sailors
Earlier this week, the British and Iranian governments averted an escalating crisis over 15 British solider held captive by Iran.For the most part, the sailors have rightly received a warm welcome upon...
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