From the NYRA Forums:
I just wanted to thank all of you. This forum and the NYRA has really affected me. I was/am really depressed, but when i go on here i feel like i am surrounded by friends.
Thank you all. I just wanted you to know that your 1/3 of the reason i […]
Jason asked in the NYRA Forums for people to simply list off why they oppose the Iraq War. So I did. Reposted here for your everlasting enjoyment:
- The one and really only reason for going to war we were presented with initially was WMD. No WMD have been found. At least nothing close […]
As you may know, I’m a comic book geek (or used to be at least), so I can’t wait for the new X-Men movie to come out.
The trailer looks awesome.
A new project of New York City Indymedia, IndyKids, has been censored by two area library systems. After agreeing to distribute IndyKids to their local branches, both the New York Public Library and the Queens Public Library changed their minds and now refuse to distribute the paper. They say the reason for their decision is […]
Thanks Jackie:
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow […]
One blogger disagrees with Matt and DJW’s support for lowering the voting age. His argument:
So, if we’ve established that there should be some age restrictions for voting, it becomes clear that the distinction between 17 and 18, or 16 and 18, etc. is pretty arbitrary. There’s no significant reason to choose one over the […]
Today (well yesterday really) is a good day for youth rights and the push for lowering the voting age. The issue is starting to crack the blogosphere. I just was alerted to the fact that Matthew Yglesias has picked up on the issue and voiced his support for it over at the TPM […]
Good call Bruce Bartlett and Andrew Sullivan:
If the ancient political wisdom is correct that a charge unanswered is a charge agreed to, the Bush White House pleaded guilty yesterday at the Cato Institute to some extraordinary allegations.
“We did ask a few members of the Bush economic team to come,” explained David Boaz, the think tank’s […]
This game looks really cool. Check it out.