by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
If you look a few blogs down on the main Advocate page at the Public Humanist, you'll find a piece I wrote about This American Life and a sort of narrative/musical project I've been working on. Hope it might prove an interesting read of a non-political...
by James Heflin | Jan 29, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The Memory Hole yields further information regarding the extent of the Bush administration's spying, with two more recent whistleblowers to add to the chorus that also includes Russell Tice, Michael Klein, Babak Pasdar, and Thomas Tamm: "These [people we...
by James Heflin | Jan 30, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
If you have a head full of monumental things you wish to complete, as pretty much everyone I know does, you have no doubt suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous procrastination. Happens to me all the time. 'Tis easier to blog and watch the turgid wake that...
by James Heflin | Feb 2, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Norm Coleman: running for court jester?Little else could explain the awesome progression of foibles that has unfolded in the legal contest Norm Coleman (used to be R-Minn.) has brought against Al Franken (probably soon D-Minn.). The contest, in my opinion, is a very...
by James Heflin | Feb 3, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Two pieces of today's news are certainly prompters of mixed feelings. First up is word that Obama is continuing the CIA practice of rendition. This is certainly a matter that requires a grasp of subtlety–there is rendition, then there's...
