- Eternal Hope's Caving in to Rush's rhetoric and scapegoating immigrants makes the case - with specific points - on how the right uses rhetoric to divide and conquer the middle and working classes on the immigration issue.
- Jonathan's Fighting Iranity with the Social Security model argues that holding Congression reps' feet to the fire, constantly countering media spin and keeping on top of the Iran issue - all tactics successfully used to fight Social Security privatization - can be transferred to the war debate.
- Nightprowlkitty's Howl for the Faggots is a raw, heartfelt response to the pope's recent tirade, in which he labeled the gay rights movement "a slick campaign of propaganda spreading an inane apologia of evil."
- Jeffrey Feldman's Frameshop: The Vile Laziness Of The DC Press dissects the "angry left" meme in the traditional media and argues that it's due to laziness.
- Neocynic's Spring is upon us here in the West contrasts the birth of spring with the horror of war in a leisurely meditative piece.
- melvin's Witness offers reflections on prisoners and the death penalty, tied in with the meaning of the Easter holiday.
- mspicata's Competence is the subtext is a follow-up to yesterday's diary that was rescued, discussing the need for a strong, simple sales pitch. This diary discusses the need for subtext which ... yes... requires a plan.
- ommzms' The Beauty of the Rose Garden is a reflection on war, poetry, religion, the history of Persia and the Bush administration's dangerous rhetoric.
- Frank Cocozzelli's Our Military, Part Two: A Military That Is Not Militarist is the second in a series that examines the left's complicated relationship to the military.
- liberalscum's Thoughts on Immigration and US Citizenship gives us the thoughts of the diarist on immigration - and the diarist is a brand new, spanking American citizen as of this week.
- sassy texan's Would You Live Here? provides photographs and a rundown on homes that FEMA has declared habitable so that assistance can be cut off. Truly mind-blowing.
- Shadan7's It's a shame you have to die in order to get this kind of medical care shares the personal story of how great Hospice is and asks why this paradigm of care can't be extended to the rest of the medical system.
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