Bushsecrecy.org
Just a link to a handy website, brought to you by Public Citizen, guiding you through all the ins and outs of one of the Bush Administration’s clearest and strongest … Read more Bushsecrecy.org
Category: February 2007
John Rendon – the Goebbels of our era
My friend John Gehner just told me about this watershed piece of investigative reporting by James Bamford, an article from Rolling Stone that won the 2006 National Magazine Award in … Read more John Rendon – the Goebbels of our era
Urgent message from LoC Professional Guild
Dear Friend of the Library of Congress, We are sending you this message because the Library of Congress Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910, needs your help. For over thirty years … Read more Urgent message from LoC Professional Guild
Progressive Librarians Guild calls for Bush’s impeachment and trial for war crimes
The Progressive Librarians Guild endorsed a petition to impeach President Bush and to have Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and Gonzales tried for war crimes by an international tribunal. The petition, … Read more Progressive Librarians Guild calls for Bush’s impeachment and trial for war crimes
Dick Cheney’s stealth operation
Here’s a little detail about the present government that everybody should know. The Office of the Vice President, along with all executive branch offices, is required to submit a list … Read more Dick Cheney’s stealth operation
March of the Librarians
This is really funny.
LJP Friends Group and Email Announcements
I announced this earlier but deleted the post when I saw that I needed to make some changes to how I was doing these things. So now, with some things … Read more LJP Friends Group and Email Announcements
In defense of denial
Frank Furedi in the free-thinking Spiked has an interesting essay in defense of denial (as in holocaust denial, AIDS denial, etc.). His position is that illiberal intolerance of such heresies … Read more In defense of denial
Rivers and dams
Recently a reader commented on a posting about Rick Anderson of last March, defending the idea that librarians should be “invisible facilitators of the flow of information in a capitalist … Read more Rivers and dams
Al Kagan’s report to SRRT on ALA Council, Midwinter Meeting, Seattle ’07
ALA Council Report to SRRT, Midwinter 2007 Greetings once again to SRRT members, old and new. Following up on our previous successes, in Seattle we introduced a resolution aimed at … Read more Al Kagan’s report to SRRT on ALA Council, Midwinter Meeting, Seattle ’07