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If you’re concerned about the moral and practical implications of businesses that hire illegal immigrants, this seems like a positive step: Immigration agents had prepared a nasty surprise for the Garcia Labor Company, a temporary worker contractor, when they moved against it on charges of hiring illegal immigrants. They brought a 40-count federal indictment, part [...]

When I heard about the 48 hr halt to air raids following the bomb raid gone awry, I thought Israel had managed a geo-political judo flip with extraordinary dexterity. With no discernible exit strategy, I figured Israel could at least use this event as an opportunity to declare a de facto cease fire by taking [...]

On the Road again! A long-distance episode, featuring Bruno in Las Vegas at the 2006 World Series of Poker and the Professor in a rental car en route to Sea-Tac airport.

Hi everyone! I’m the new guy. Thanks to Bruno and Co for giving me a voice here on the blog associated with the finest Progressive Talk Radio Program in all the land. Congressional Democrats released their version of the “Contract for America” this morning on Capitol Hill. Three points from a Dana Bash/Ted Barrett piece [...]

Almost two-thirds of America answers negatively when asked: “Do you think your children and/or grandchildren have a better economic future than you did?” Think about that for a second. This country, built on eternal optimism and the legendary can-do spirit, no longer believes in a future that’s up and to the right. Batten down the [...]

Juan Cole writes about al Qaeda’s general absence from direct confrontation with Israel: …Bin Laden always avoided investing in an area where there was already an active insurgency. He also could not join in with heretical Shiites like Hizbulah. Ayman al Zawahiri today made a change in both policies. He wants al Qaeda to pile [...]

Oliver Stone has long been on my “do not call” list* — not so much for the tinfoil hat-like “JFK” as “The Doors,” which was just so ridiculously over the top** — so it was somewhat surprising to see that “World Trade Center,” his latest film, got such rave reviews from so many unlikely people. [...]

The problem Israel faces now is the same one the U.S. faced in 1991 in Iraq and in smaller conflicts this time around — specifically, the need to “keep it short.” If you read, for example, about the first Gulf War, Arab countries agreed that Saddam had to be removed from Kuwait, but added that [...]

Wondering WTF the Israelis are thinking with this apparently over the top campaign in Lebanon? Some thoughts occurred to me, in the form of the several run-on sentences below: Assuming that I understand the recent situation correctly, UN Security Council Resolution 1559 called for the Syrian military to leave Lebanon, and for all armed militias [...]

George Bush may or may not be some Middle East strategic visionary, but last week’s open-mic incident at the G8 showed that he does have a pretty firm (if rough) grasp on the regional dynamics. It’s also made this week’s set of Doonesbury cartoons seem irrelevant and kinda stupid. I guess this is what happens [...]