By Foster Kedzie III What is behind the Chinese government’s ideology that it needs to repress religion and cultural diversity? This question came up in the context of the supression of Tibet and the objections raised by the Chinese government when world leaders meet with the Dalai Lama. With regard to the “religion” issue, it …
By Steve Stav China is urging the US to cancel a meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama. This has gotten me thinking. If we’d only paid attention to MacArthur and dropped a bomb or two on these bastards, they wouldn’t be beatin’ up monks, imprisoning dissenters and executing retarded people today. But then …
by Steve Stav Just as the old saying about a liberal is just someone who hasn’t been mugged yet, logic would seem to dictate that the Right’s foot soldier-regiment on this issue would be in a constant state of flux. Reason would suggest that the dum-dums, as they experience their own health care crises, would …
Thoughts about Haiti and Pat Robertson By Greg Sager I don’t claim to be an expert on the nation of Haiti, but unlike a lot of people who’ve chimed in with their two cents on the country in the wake of this week’s earthquake I’ve actually been there. I went to Haiti on a missions …
Many of you already know and love John X. Ambrosavage. In the 1990s, he was named “America’s Best Loved Cartoonist” and “An American Treasure” by persons who ought to know. Time has only sharpened his humor. He has built up a website loaded with years (decades) of furious hahas. East PortlandBlog is an ardent Ambro …