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Joe Wilson, unlike so many cowards among the many former Bush administration appointees, is out there telling the truth to overflow audiences. As was the case when he spoke at The Hinckley Institute here in Salt Lake in January Play or download MP3 (sponsored by KCPW). I urge everyone to give it [...]

March 24, 2006 (Washington, DC) – Today, David Brock, President & CEO of Media Matters for America, released the following statement in response to Republican operative Ben Domenech’s resignation from WashingtonPost.com:
“We at Media Matters are pleased the Ben Domenech will no longer be employed by the Post, but serious questions remain about why he was originally [...]

Today, G. Gordon Liddy said that “those in the news media … would rather the United States lose a war than have history write that George W. Bush was a successful president.”
So I got to thinkin. What WOULD have to be true for “history [to] write that George W. Bush was a successful president.” [...]

Written by Steve Olsen prior to deciding to file as the democratic challenger to Ron Bishop for U.S. Congress 1st District.
Introduction
First off, thank you for opening this booklet and reading it (at least the first sentence). I hope you’ll spare a few more minutes of your valuable time while I make my case for this [...]

Between having to call in law enforcement to quell a republican caucus meeting chaired by the contentious SL county party chair James Evans, and the kind of comments made by Limbaugh wannabe Blaine Nichols in “His” Davis County Clipper column its little wonder the LDS Church’s 1st Presidency is asking for calm.Nichols actually wrote”
As long [...]

“The Mission was Indeed Accomplished!” is the title of an article written by Gregg Palast in the Gardian. While the logic is pretty bulletproof - that reducing oil production in Iraq, his Texas oil buddies get rich - it is difficult accept the cruelty of such a motivation.
The answer will surprise many of you: and [...]

Video of President Bush today you didn’t see on the news.
In case you missed it, NPR’s Morning Edition did a good objective review of the lead up to the invasion of Iraq and what we heard then and what we know now.
And I ask Ken, as a friend, to watch this video from a 60 [...]

I deeply regret the title of this post. I did not want OneUtah to appear one-sided. But I also insist that outrage is the most balanced and reasonable response an American can have when our Consitution is openly subverted without even an attempt at judicial reasoning.
I challenge anyone who consider’s themselves a patriot [...]

In an earlier post, Confessions of Another Guilty Bystander, I suggested that the root of our environmental and social problems today is the way we duck responsibility for what we do by externalizing the costs. We have an endless appetite for cheap consumer goods, for example, and let Wal Mart pass on the real cost [...]

One of the defining characteristics of a freeper is to attack the messenger, and impune the motive. Here is a classic example from a site called Right Wing News.
A lot of attention has been given lately to President Bush’s most recent poll numbers. Just for the record, here is my take on the current [...]

As Americans we must be very clear about what is taking place in the world today and challenge assumption.
Many recent discussions are available online. I recommend these:
Georgetown University
ACLU Town Hall Meeting
Harper’s Magazine Panel on Case Bush Impeachment
Or try here if that doesn’t work

The premise of this blog is that in the absence of full and complete knowledge on any given subject, we should seek out the smartest people we can find and under full disclosure of their motivations, listen to them very carefully. Lt. Gen. William Odom is one such voice. As the former head of [...]