[The complete article will appear in The Progressive Librarian, summer 2008.] I read "Democracy and Deference" by Mark Slouka in Harpers…

It has often been said that "truth is the first casualty of war." But there is another immediate casualty -compassion. In fact,…

I just finished watching a CNN video (April 28, 2008) http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=7588642&ch=4226713&src=news on the slave labor conditions of immigrants working in Florida. Investigators…

Recently, a long term public employee about to retire from the government told me: “I know from working on the inside that…

It would be nice if they showed the 600,000+ iraqi’s that have died since 2003. But good ideas never the less! It…

It is a beautiful day in Sacramento. The freedom of wild wings, the flight of birds, bees, and butterflies blends with many…

On March 19, the eve of the first day of Spring, I demonstrated with hundreds of other Sacramento citizens bearing witness to…

After hearing Rush Limbaugh’s hate speech stating he wanted to see Barack Obama “bloodied up politically,” I was not surprised to see…

There are some who say that American Presidential elections are not that important, that we progressives should not spend too much of…

Obama and Clinton are going down to the wire. Next Tuesday’s contests in Ohio and Texas could decide who is the Democratic…