End of An Era in Politics — And in the Media

This election marks the shift of the balance of power – and not just from Republican to Democrat.  No, the bigger shift was marked by this kudo from Howard Dean: The netroots community can be very proud.  They’re playing a bigger role. Without the...

Sheik al-Hilali, Rape and the Culture of Fear

By now the comments of the Australian Muslim cleric Sheik Tay Din al-Hilali have spread far and wide over the news/outrage cloud.  In among the outrage and the condemnations have come a lot of comments saying that what the sheik is espousing is really not all...

Even I Am Not This Grim

It’s nice to read something fresh, from a voice that has a strong and determined POV that is divorced from the standard party line you’re bad/y’ll would be even worse that graces us this election cycle.  Never have I been so happy to have a TiVO...

Blogger Courage: An Example of the New Journalism

Absurd Theater Meets Call-and-Response Ceremony:Doctors Legally Required to Torment & Insult Women The blogger that I had referenced earlier who was at the center of an outraged online (and offline) shitstorm for daring to write about how she tried to get a...