|  The World's Growing Number of SmokersBy Bryan Farrell, In These Times. Posted October 4, 2007.Big Tobacco won't stop until it's infiltrated every possible market.
[Read more...] Romney Snubs MS Patient Who Asks About Medical Marijuana [VIDEO]By Muriel Kane & David Edwards. Posted at 12:30 PM on October 8, 2007.Clayton Holton, who has muscular dystrophy, told Romney, "I have the support of five of my doctors saying I am living proof that medical marijuana works."
[Read more...]  With "Progressives" Like These, Who Needs Enemies?By David Sirota, WorkingForChange.com. Posted October 3, 2007.Beltway Democrats are too often a part of the problem.
[Read more...]   The War on Pot: America's $42 Billion Annual BoondoggleBy Rob Kampia, AlterNet. Posted October 9, 2007.What else could we spend $42 billion each year on? Health insurance for kids? Better paid teachers? It's our choice.
[Read more...]   How to Find Out Where Your Congressperson Stands on Climate ChangeBy Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine. Posted October 5, 2007.If you want to know where your congressperson stands on climate change, invite him/her to the Step It Up rally.
[Read more...]  - The Religious Right's New Tactics for Invading Public Schools
By Rob Boston, Church and State. Posted October 4, 2007.As the school year gets under way, public schools around the nation are under siege from Religious Right pressure groups determined to turn them into instruments of evangelism.
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- Anti-Gay Movement of Immigrant Fundamentalist Christians Threatens Western States
By Casey Sanchez, Intelligence Report. Posted October 5, 2007.Russian-speaking Christian fundamentalists, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, have formed a ferocious anti-gay movement in the western U.S.
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I was in Massachusetts for over a year of Romney's tenure. It should matter that he is so widely despised in the state where he was Governor. Not that anyone would want him there, but he had promised to attempt another term (he handed the seat over to the progressive Democrats and the state's first black governor).
I think he's a despicable person with no moral center (ironically, given his identification with his faith).
Anyway, his campaign doesn't seem to be thriving.
As for progressives, we don't seem to be together on what's wrong and where to head. I haven't read Joe Klein much since he left Rolling Stone for Time, but it's not surprising that he, like Scott Simon on NPR, gave up their cloak of journalistic objectivity (integrity?) and endorsed the war.