by James Heflin | May 11, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has had a rough time making her whistleblower allegations known–when Ashcroft was Attorney General, he shut her down using the state secrets privilege. Her fairly complicated story, unfortunately, also doesn't have a ton...
by James Heflin | May 12, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The fringes of science always prove the most fruitful, at least if it's fiction you're pursuing. And when real discoveries come from that intriguing zone, they're usually humdingers. But there's big danger there. Even (or especially?) earnest...
by James Heflin | May 13, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Awkward family photos? Oh, yes, they've got 'em!It's like the whole pain of childhood concentrated and delivered via a shocking blow to the head. Awesome. And first up–Lionel Richie's long-lost pale cousins, 1985, just after they listened to the...
by James Heflin | May 18, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
A real bellwether? Reminds me of the great fried chicken and brownies ending of White Noise somehow. (From Daily Kos) There you'll also find some discussion of Marine Major Sherwood F. Moran, who put the lie to the reprehensible supporters of torture by doing...
by James Heflin | May 21, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Talk about being left speechless. I just checked out the formerly classified cover sheets to briefings produced by Rumsfeld's Pentagon during the early days of the Iraq War. It's hard to count the ways in which they are offensive. Long story short, they show...
