Did you see this piece in the Times last week? In their art review of the Lower East Side scene a show was mentioned by an artist named Barb Choit. This show is based on prints by Nagel that are exposed to light so that they fade. And then she prints them again. The critic … Read more
Here’s the White House’s idea of the perfect Christmas present for Progressives. This image inspired by Barry Blitt’s latest NYr cover and Rep. John Conyers recent comments (below). On Health Care, Financial Reform and Afghanistan President Obama has been very deferential to the Psycho-Right in this country. When he’s wrong we have to say it. … Read more
Tonight Pres. Obama lays out the escalation into Quicksandistan. 30,000 more young people and their families to die or get permanently broken. So today we ask why? To stop a culture of war that has been ongoing there for 25 years? To help our friend Karzai? To kill the 100 Al Qaeda who live there … Read more
For the last two weeks Sarah Palin has been blitzing the media with her blame-all victim-athon non-campaign book tour. It used to be that a candidate who aspired to higher office would struggle to prove her knowledge of issues and ideas on new directions for the country. Instead, in order to solidify her standing with … Read more
Meanwhile in the British inquiry into the causes of the thing we call the Iraq War Christopher Meyer, Blair’s US envoy at the time, testified that the UK was rushed into Iraq. Condi Rice was beating the drum just hours after the attacks on 9/11. A stronger PM, like Thatcher (!) he says would have … Read more
