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2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
Months after they first announced its inception, the official list of the 200 albums that comprise the Definitive 200 list has finally been unleashed on an angry world and boy does it suck… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
During the last couple of months, through both academic work and personal exploration, I have become interested in gender identity discrimination as a human rights and social justice issue… Read More
2007-02-22 23:52
"And there's a steal by Bird, underneath to DJ, he lays it in..." -Johnny MostAccording to the Boston Globe:Dennis Johnson, the star NBA guard who was part of three championship teams, died… Read More
2007-02-16 14:49
R.I.P. Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006). Niyazov ruled Turkmenistan as the head of state/cult of personality from 1985 until his death in December 2006. The circumstances of Niyazov’s pa… Read More
2007-02-13 14:49
Read the full post at the new and improved American Athens.Though the timing and location were released earlier, Mitt Romney's choice of Michigan --- and specifically the Henry Ford Museum … Read More
2007-01-09 20:38
A few years back, when I was a freshman in college, one of the first friends I made was a libertarian. He wasn't a "libertarian when convenient" like so many of our chirping pundits or Repub… Read More
2007-01-05 19:01
Posted at the NEW and IMPROVED American Athens also. Please join the discussion there.We’ll be getting back into the swing of more frequent, yet still infrequent, posting in the coming… Read More
2006-12-22 15:35
So, all of us at American Athens have taken the holiday season off without telling you. We apologize. Between finals, travels, and the holidays, we've not really had time to blog. All that c… Read More
2006-12-01 20:39
That's how many people --- men, women and children --- will be infected with HIV/AIDS today, which happens to be World AIDS Day. 25 years ago, AIDS was considered a "gay disease", that would… Read More
2006-11-30 19:19
Today, I found myself more angry than usual at both the mass media and society in general. So, I decided to post this collection of random thoughts.- George Will still sucks.-Are there reall… Read More
2006-11-24 17:52
No Thanks to ThanksgivingBy Robert Jensen One indication of moral progress in the United States would be the replacement of Thanksgiving Day and its self-indulgent family feasting with a Nat… Read More
2006-11-21 14:46
To see the awesome picture he found from Sunday's Homophobia Rally. And, no, the optical illusion isn't that the Governor is actually in Massachusetts, but that's a good first guess Read More
2006-11-21 00:56
From WAMC's Peter A. A. Berle:The Bush administration has given the concept of incompetence a whole new dimension. We are reminded almost daily of its biggest blunders, the conduct of the wa… Read More
2006-11-17 18:16
If you have yet to hear about this: Tuesday night, a (Muslim) UCLA student was tasered for not having his ID in the library. It seems as though UCLA is planning to continue with their recent… Read More
2006-11-16 15:50
CNN reported a few minutes ago that Rep. Nancy Pelosi, every conservative's favorite straw-liberal, had indeed been unanimously selected by her caucus to become Speaker of the House. I am qu… Read More
2006-11-16 15:25
This came in yesterday from the UPI:U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer appeared to kick Sen. John Kerry out of a Democratic leadership walk in Washington, a reporter who witnessed the event said.An ABC… Read More
2006-11-15 15:04
I stumbled by this opinion letter from the Lincoln News Messenger out of Lincoln, CA, recently and was once again amazed at the opinion of the Democratic Party/Liberalism in some corners of… Read More
2006-11-13 21:17
This morning's Globe contains an AP article in which Sen. Joe Lieberman says that he will begin the session caucusing with the Democrats, but "won't be ruling out" switching allegiances. He… Read More
2006-11-11 20:42
I have no eloquence to bring to this day, no long posts remarking on the great sacrifices and great victories wrought from the men and women of our armed forces. Nothing I could write would… Read More
2006-11-10 19:51
Our esteemed executive has taken the opportunity, while spending a few hours actually in the commonwealth he was elected to govern, to ... well ... govern, kind of. In what has become someth… Read More
2006-11-09 15:50
While Tuesday was a huge win for Democratic America is was not so much for liberal America. While it may be great that he can't fall off again for a while, humpty did fall off the wall, and… Read More
2006-11-08 18:45
Now that most of the votes are in, it's time to celebrate the change that was set in motion last night. Deval Patrick is our Governor, and this is just a preview of what is to come:This was… Read More
2006-11-08 05:14
Tonight was a great night for Massachusetts and the country. We've got a governor who respects his constituents and who has a positive agenda to move the state forward. We've returned a most… Read More
2006-11-08 03:51
AHHHH!!! Oh sorry, I'm glad I'll never have to get used to seeing that. Bye Bye Kerry Healey. It looks like you are no better at winning the state, then you were at winning the Essex 6th...G… Read More
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