Recommended Reading

Losing Faith: When Belief is all of Religion (Thudfactor)
Faith is where you start. If it is where you stop, then you are not religious. You are a member of a political movement. And when that movement fails you, as it did Lobdell and Mother Theresa and who knows who the hell else, you can get [...]

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Talking to a neighbor (Raven’s Roads)
We isolate ourselves. It’s really quite unnecessary. Neighbors might never become your closest friends, but they could become allies. The easiest way to meet a neighbor is to throw a house-warming party, if you can do something like that. If not, then you could simply start with a hello when [...]

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White House Systematically Squelches Dissenters (Buck Naked Politics)
The illusion-building instructions were laid out in the “Presidential Advance Manual,” dated October 2002.  This manual became public after two wrongfully arrested protesters (who dared wear Bush-unfriendly T-shirts to a presidential appearance) sued the White House: incidentally, we taxpayers spent $80,000 settling the case on the White House’s [...]

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Thirteen courses I would like to see (Journeywoman)
7) Money doesn’t grow on trees–really! How to get and keep a job
I like some of my new young 20-something coworkers. I really do. But their cluelessness on how to act in the workplace is beyond me. No one ever had to tell me that I shouldn’t [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #30 — Easy Ways to Give (One Gal’s Musings)
Back-to-school is an expensive time in many households. Vacation bills are coming in. Gas and dairy prices are sky-high. Money is tight everywhere. But that’s the very reason why this can be an especially hard time for charities. Not only do they get less [...]

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The More Things Change, Part II (KMcDougan)
The long and the short of it all is that after two years, we are little more than where we were right after the water was pumped out. The upside is that other hurricane ravaged areas have taken a while to rebuild, as well.

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RNC Refused to Turn Over Subpoenaed Emails (For Now) (Buck Naked Politics)
Giant Donut Worldwide wondered: “Since when has the Republican National Committee become a part of the Executive branch? Did I miss something in the constitution?”
Yes, the RNC’s lawyer believes executive privilege extends to non-executive-branch employees — and he cited case law, but I’m not [...]

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I’m No Business Man (Least Significant Bits)
That small cup of luke warm cherry Kool Aid was one of the best single dollars I’ve ever spent.

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TIME: Why Bush Can’t Afford to Get Rid of Gonzales (Bare Naked Politics)
1. Gonzales is all that stands between the White House and special prosecutors.

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