I’ve been helping my friend Sam Husseini maintain an impromptu “liveblog” he set up to document his observation as he followed the Gaza Freedom March in Cairo, Egypt. Find all that material on that site: husseini.posterous.com. Some of my contributions in his aid were inadvertently syndicated here, with HTML not escaped properly, etc. I’ve removed [...]
In the District of Columbia Tax Day traditionally brings out local activists who wish to highlight for the resurgent masses of tourists and the media the plight of the local citizens: true taxation without representation. DC Statehood and representation activists typically call up the image of the Bostom Tea Party in making this point, but [...]
Independent truck drivers are organizing a protest in Washington today, in response to rising gas prices. While I caught a listing for the event in the AP Daybook, I haven’t witnessed it — I have taken in first and second-hand accounts of their lap around around downtown Washington (specifically to honk at the White House [...]