I Am Atrios
Bloggy goodness a' la Melanie will be in short supply this afternoon. I have an interview here. They are looking for a Director of Development and I have some ideas about using New Media, like blogs,...
View ArticleRamadan Mubarak!
Since 1995, I've been an ESL tutor for the Literacy Council of Northern Virgina. I work with the Afghan refugee community here in the DC 'burbs. Teaching is hard during Ramadan. My students are tired,...
View ArticleComings and Goings
Funny, didn't see anything about this in the WaPo this morning. I picked this up from the always-helpful War in Context Pentagon Hawk Released -- Straws in the Wind? Analysis - By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON,...
View ArticleIs It News If It's Not Reported?
Juan Cole was up late last night: Rail, Old Baghdad Explosions Guerrillas sabotaged a US military train shipment near Haditha west of Baghdad on Thursday, after which the shipment was looted of...
View ArticleThis is a Real War
Found this at the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau: Posted on Thu, Oct. 30, 2003 U.S. warned of more suicide attacks in Iraq By Drew Brown Knight Ridder Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq - Rumors are swirling...
View Article"Strict Father, Nurturant Mother"
One of the writers in the blogosphere I most admire is Jeanne D'Arc of Body and Soul. She combines "Bobby Kennedy" liberalism (a paleo-lib like me) with compassion and a deep understanding of the...
View Article"Talk" with the Candidates
The Washington Post is hosting live on-line chats with each of the Democratic presidential hopefuls, starting on Monday with Rep. Richard Gephardt. Times vary, so treat this as a bookmark. I've...
View ArticleWar Inside the Beltway
After looking at so many papers that I feel positively dizzy, I'm not seeing much that advances any of the stories we've been looking at over the last couple of weeks. The electronic media is either...
View ArticleFamily Values
New York Times tomorrow. Daughter Spurs Gephardt's Changed View on Gays By RACHEL L. SWARNS Published: November 1, 2003 WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The first hint of the unexpected was in the annual...
View ArticleWhen the Lightbulb Goes On...
I had to swap out a bunch of lightbulbs before I went to sleep last night. Both bathrooms had lost a couple and the tracklight in the kitchen required a specialty fix. I hate that, these things cost...
View ArticleWar. What is it Good for?
CentCom now reports via CNN that the death toll is up to 16. U.S. helicopter shot down in Iraq Sunday, November 2, 2003 Posted: 1245 GMT ( 8:45 PM HKT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. death toll from a...
View ArticleEmotional Framing
The Bad News Is Good News for Democrats By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Published: October 30, 2003 WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Iraq is a mess, the world resents America and its debt-burdened economy is an...
View ArticleA Uniter Not a Divider?
When Markos invited me to join the guest post team, I made a conscious decision to bring up religion. I'm not here to be a Christian apologist, but religion is my profession, it's what I've chosen to...
View ArticleCommunity News and Open Thread
Well, events have overtaken us. (Jeebus, I hope you aren't still feeding ice chips to Elisa, Kos. That would be one hell of a long labor.) A wise minister once told me, you don't have a community...
View ArticleThe Forgotten War
With the dramatic events in Iraq this weekend, it's easy to forget we've got boots on the ground in another difficult piece of geography. Is this good news? Afghanistan unveils draft constitution...
View ArticleDemocrats for Security and Peace
One of the standard knocks on Democrats (not that it's true, but it is a meme all of our candidates will have to fight) is that we are "weak" (whatever that means) on security and defense issues. It's...
View ArticleOPEN THREAD
We have a new baby and a parent gone, in less than 24 hours. This is real life here at the Kos. Open thread.
View ArticleOff-Year Elections
It's election day in a number of states, including the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is the place to comment. All 140 seats of the General Assembly are on Virginia's ballot today, as well as all the...
View ArticleReturn of the Draft?
Several commentors have posted this website for the Selective Service Administration. They are recruiting volunteers to fill the vacancies on local draft boards. In Salon yesterday: Oiling up the...
View ArticleA Political Disaster on Both Sides of the Atlantic
The Deluge of Disaster in Iraq has begun. There is so much news that there is no point in trying to aggregate it here. I check at least once a day at Paul Woodward's excellent The War in Context....
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