- Former MI Asst. AG: I’m A Victim Of A ‘Homosexual Activist Agenda’ | TPMMuckraker
- Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan Assistant Attorney General who was booted for harassing the student body president of the University of Michigan, Chris Armstrong, for being gay, is arguing that Armstrong's "course of conduct" and lawsuit against him are "politically motivated and intended to make an example out of [Shirvell] in order to deter others from criticizing [Armstrong]'s homosexual activist agenda."
- Black and Missing: Helping Victims’ Families
- Jacque Reid wants to highlight the missing-persons cases not covered in the media.
- Bob Marley Death Anniversary: 30 Years Later
- On May 11, 1981, the reggae superstar died at age 36. Here's why his musical legacy and personal legend are still holding strong around the world.
- Fats Waller Musical: Bring Back Early to Bed
- …even works on Waller tend not to have a whole lot to say about the show, since Waller experts are naturally more interested in jazz than in musicals. As I write this, Early to Bed isn't even mentioned on Waller's Wikipedia page.
This is a shame, because the score is, as you would expect of Waller at the height of his powers, a major treat.
- ACLU: Oppose New Worldwide War Authority
- A few top congressional insiders are aiming to sneak new worldwide war authority in to a "must pass" piece of legislation: the Defense Authorization bill.
This new war authority would give the president — any president — the power to unilaterally take our country to war wherever, whenever and however he or she sees fit. It would essentially declare a worldwide war without end.
It is shocking that Congress is entertaining such legislation…
- Bin Laden’s preoccupation with U.S. said to be source of friction with followers – The Washington Post
- Osama bin Laden was preoccupied with attacking the United States over all other targets, a fixation that led to friction with followers, according to U.S. intelligence officials involved in analyzing the trove of materials recovered from the al-Qaeda leader’s compound.
In handwritten journals and long-winded compositions saved on computer hard drives, the officials said, bin Laden always seemed to be searching for a way to replicate the impact of al-Qaeda’s most devastating strike.
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