Atlanta: Public Gives Input on Beltline Affordable Housing
The Beltline Affordable Housing Advisory Board (BAHAB) held the first citywide conversation on affordable housing as it relates to the BeltLine, on July 08, 2008, the first in a series of meetings seeking to generate feedback from the community over the coming weeks.
Bush, Herbert Hoover, and Memories of the Great Depression
While preparing a lecture on the Great Depression, I saw TV news clips of George Bush saying that the economy was “sound.” He has actually said that a few times in the last few weeks.
Arizona Republicans Force a Second Anti-gay Ballot Measure
Arizona's November ballot will feature an anti-marriage equality initiative. Republicans, who control the state senate, passed the measure by the barest margin earlier this month. If passed by the voters, it would put in place a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Peace Activists Pressure Congress to Block Aggression against Iran
Member groups of United for Peace and Justice will hold actions across the United States July 19-21 to press Congress to take action to prevent war with Iran.
John McCain: Out of Touch on Women's Health
It wasn't the first or last time John McCain failed to have command of the facts or even knowledge of his past positions on an issue, but when a reporter asked him on July 9th about birth control John McCain was dumbfounded.
Movie Review: Standard Operating Procedure
If there's one thing that Errol Morris has proved since his first documentary about a pet cemetery in Gates of Heaven (1978), it is that he doesn't adopt standard operating procedure.
Al Gore's Modest Proposal
Former Vice President Al Gore in a speech in Washington this week called for a policy that would lead to the elimination of all fossil fuel based electrical power production in the US and its replacement by solar, wind, and other renewable energy source.
Drug Lobby Spends $1 Billion, Study Finds
Ever wonder why health care policy hasn't changed much in close to 40 years? One big reason is the amount of money the big pharmaceutical companies pour into Washington each year, into the pockets of politicians like John McCain, to maintain the status quo or to win new benefits for them.
Baseball's All Star Blackout
If baseball is sincere about seeing the game return to the cities and if they don't want home run derbies whiter than the Republican National Convention, they are going to need to do more than offer meager urban academy programs.
John McCain: You're No Theodore Roosevelt
John McCain has long sought to identify himself with Theodore Roosevelt. In a New York Times story last week, he repeated that identification, portraying himself as a 'conservative' Republican like TR.
