http://jeffreysykes.com Return the power to the have nots. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:16:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everybody has their own dream house. This one would be mine. http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=152 I was speaking to a friend today about the idea of holding a rally against the hate and ignorance being spewed toward our Muslim brothers (not to mention our Hispanic friends.) We kicked around a few ideas and I am thinking about taking action to organize such an event. The hate ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=148 While I hope to keep this blog free of politics, I can't help but observe the bogus claims in Democratic state Rep. Nelson Cole's newspaper ad in Rockingham County. It jumped off the page when I read his claim to have "cut state spending by $3 billion." Luckily, those scruffy media ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=145 Tariq Ali pulls back the veil on the progressive and true socialist left's view of the current president. http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=142 Here's something: Why don't we spend some stimulus on fitting every house in America that has southern exposure with a nice array of solar panels? That would fit nicely with this comment from Krugman's column, which I think is one of the most prescient comments I've ever seen online: Although I generally ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=139 A night spent researching localism and sustainability led to Max Weber and then Edward Goldsmith and this compelling video from the late 1980s. Part II Related. http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=132 Ed Cone highlights an important article from one of the most unique thinkers in current American public discourse. Here is a comment I left: I can't remember how I first discovered Andrew Bacevich, but I am thankful that I did. His clarity of writing and his understanding of the undercurrents of ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=129 And they still die, often in the deserts of the Southwest, sometimes at the hands of thieves and kidnappers and now, in a startling twist, apparently at the hands of a drug gang seeking money or possibly recruits, officials said, though nobody knows for sure. Mexican officials confirmed Wednesday that ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=125 Last night's Frontline was an examination of NOPD rules of engagement during the Katrina aftermath. A collaboration between PBS, ProPublica and the Times-Picayune, it was an enthralling documentary and a great example of one vision of the future of civic journalism. ProPublica's A.C. Thomspon spent three years examining one incident and ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=119 Dear Mom: I am sorry for not standing by you these many years. I am sorry that I was a failure as a son until I was 30 years old. I am thankful you stuck by me all those years and I can’t believe how cold and heartless I was. ... http://jeffreysykes.com/?p=112