by James Heflin | Aug 17, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The shifting sand upon which our democracy has sunk is a 20th-century concept: professional lying. "Public relations," they would rather you say. As an arts writer, I deal with "publicists" every day, people who tell me the band they represent is...
by James Heflin | Aug 22, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
In America, you can’t use taxpayer funding to host the president and then cleanse the area of dissenters. That is, we can safely say, unAmerican. Therefore it is common, codified practice for Bush events, according to the ACLU:"The ACLU said in a statement...
by James Heflin | Aug 23, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
From today’s Washington Post: A White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush’s public appearances around the country....
by James Heflin | Aug 27, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
There are those who believe Karl Rove ruined the country. And no one yet has said it better than Joseph Galloway, writing in the newspaper of my hometown, Fort Worth, Texas. No excerpt is enough, so kindly read the whole thing. You won’t regret it.
by James Heflin | Aug 30, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The fellow who reportedly spent a good few minutes apiece reviewing death penalty cases for Governor Bush, advising Bush to fry people even when there were things like retardation or evidence of innocence, is gone. He won’t be missed by anyone except (maybe)...