Paul Loeb: Letter to Obama from a Dying Friend
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 2nd, 2009 4:45 am by HL
Paul Loeb: Letter to Obama from a Dying Friend
My friend Robert Ellis Gordon is dying of lupus, with months left to live. He’s spent more than a decade teaching writing to prison inmates,…
Andy Worthington: Release of the “Holy Grail” of Torture Reports Delayed Again
Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department — after two delays — released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General’s 2004 Report into the interrogations of “high-value detainees.”
Les Leopold: Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Using Bailout Money to Kill Financial Consumer Protection Agency
With a straight face, the captains of Wall Street like are telling us that they don’t need to be heavily regulated — that regulations will kill innovation and stifle consumer choice.
Cameron Sinclair: Aspen Ideas Festival: Arne Duncan, it is also about the building
At the Aspen Ideas Festival on Wednesday Secretary Arne Duncan was under the spotlight on his plans to revamp the education system in America. With…