Posts tagged as:

new york times

A Manga Hero Changes the Wine Market

October 23, 2008

It’s always amazing to see art & culture turn the tides of commerce. SIPPING a 2001 Bordeaux from Château Mont Perat, a bead of sweat trickling down his left cheek, Shizuku Kanzaki is suddenly overwhelmed with images of a turntable, guitars and Freddie Mercury. “It’s powerful,” he says of the wine, “but it also has [...]

Read the full article →

States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal—Colorado Responds…

October 10, 2008

The New York Times’ Ian Urbina reported earlier this week that “States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal.” As a result of this reporting, the New York Times again reports, Colorado officials said “they would review the way the state removed voters from the rolls and in the meantime encouraged voters to check their registration [...]

Read the full article →

Colorado Secretary of State Disenfranchising THOUSANDS of New Voters

October 5, 2008

Wade Norris writes on The Daily Kos that “Secretary of State of Colorado, Mike Coffman is engaging in activities that would make it easy to steal Colorado’s votes, and the national election, for McCain.” It all comes down to a technicality that a little dubious and far, far from the spirit of the law. It affects many people voting for the first time ever, particularly in the black community.

Read the full article →

Making America Stupid

September 29, 2008

From Thomas L. Friedman at the New York Times:

Why would Republicans, the party of business, want to focus our country on breathing life into a 19th-century technology — fossil fuels — rather than giving birth to a 21st-century technology — renewable energy?

Making America Stupid

Read the full article →