CONTRARY BRIN

As busy as a squirrel trying to power a locomotive, I’ll have to make do this time with emptying my “political stuff” file onto this diary.....

One of you wrote in to say that Bill O'Reilly's latest screed against the Daily Kos community included some kind of reference to my ...

Russ Daggatt offers another illuminating look at the crisis: ”It was widely acknowledged before and after last November's elections tha...

Thanks, all, for your Asia suggestions. Please feel free to send more. I am too swamped to post with any regularity. Nevertheless, as a sy...

" The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual.The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community ."--Wi...

As we prepare for another political season, some dismal patterns seem ripe for repetition. While an unpopular administration wallows in a my...

Look it up. I was the very first to make a public stink about what appears to be the greatest (known) crime of the Bush Administration --...

We’ve discussed what “conservative” means, in an era when meanings have gone topsy-turvy. Russ Daggatt weighs in: "Conservatives"...

(Double-posted on Kos) -- I’ve been saying this for years. There is a fundamental conundrum facing the criminal gang that stands behind t...

First the sublime: After months of work, the Metaverse Roadmap Overview is now available for download. Written by Jerry Paffendorf, John ...

After I posted an earlier draft of this informal appraisal of climate-denial, the ensuing discussion helped to clarify many matters. It als...