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    “Miles Away” — Marc Cohn

    Saturday, November 17th, 2007

    I know there’s always something
    We have to go through
    That has some deeper meaning
    Right now I just can’t say
    I know there’s a lesson in here somewhere
    I’m gonna think a lot about it later
    Right now I’m miles away

    More on Guiliani-as-Kaiser

    Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

    Glen Greenwald continues to shine a welcome spotlight on the outright authoritarian — dare we say, totalitarian? — impulses of the Right’s new darling, Rudy Guiliani. Twice in the past few days, he’s made statements that, only a handful of years ago, would have been credible only coming from the mouth of some cartoonish [...]

    2 out of 3 Republican candidates prefer dictatorship

    Sunday, April 1st, 2007

    OK, so that’s not entirely fair. But Glenn Greenwald has a terrific piece on why it’s not entirely unfair, either. The short version: When asked if the President of the United States should have the power to detain indefinitely American citizens without any sort of review, Mitt Rommey said he couldn’t form [...]

    New Look, New Feature, Lots of New Newness

    Saturday, March 31st, 2007

    So… I’ve wanted a three-column theme for a while and for whatever reason, tonight’s the night I decided to get one. Mostly I want something that uses the real estate of my monitor more efficiently. I went with Anaconda and it seems pretty good. I’m still figuring out how to make it [...]