Editor's Blog

In the 10/18 entry of his blog, Newsrack, Thomas Nephew refers to the recent Voice piece on political blogs. Check it out if you aren't following Newsrack already.

-ed.

Posted by EB at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Dear Readers,

The city, you will be glad to know, has bravely stuck a blow for chickens' rights. The council passed a resolution Oct. 9th "Opposing the Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Battery Cages."

In the immortal words of the recently departed Anna Russell, "I'm not making this up, you know!"

The resolution was introduced by Ward Three councilmember Bruce Williams, and had unanimous support from the council and mayor, as well as the half-a-dozen citizens who commented on the resolution. Your Gilbert noted with interest how . . .
[continued at http://www.takoma.com/granola/2006/10/chicken.html]

Posted by EB at 6:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have been surprised at how little coverage that Metro area media has given to the Raskin landslide. I stopped by the Jamie Raskin victory party on Tuesday night, expecting to see other media—maybe even a reporter from News Channel 8. But as far as I could tell, the only media representatives there were I; my intrepid assistant, Julie Wiatt; Marc Cohen, producer of Coffee House; and a local blogger (who may or may not want to be nameless—so I'll keep him anonymous for now).

However, Katrina Van Huevel, editor of the Nation magazine had this to say about the Raskin win: "I believe there are four issues in this election year: The Constitution--DEFEND IT; The War --END IT; National Health Care --PASS IT ; Corporate Power--CURB IT. If you believe, as I do, that this nation faces these (and other) critical issues, and that we must confront them with intelligence, sanity, decency--and passion....then all of us won with Jamie's win."

Quite a mouthful about a state senate race. Of course, Jamie and his father, Marcus, have been frequent commentators at The Nation.

To read the entire article on Jamie's win, click here: Pointing the Way

I realize that we've already posted quite a bit about the Raskin win in recent days. We are awaiting a Guest Blog from a Ruben supporter with his analysis of the election. And I should be posting a fuller analysis, myself, shortly. The day after the election, I sent a quick analysis to the Takoma Voice list, and I've been looking to grab a few minutes to finish it.

I was on Montgomery Week in Review (rebroadcasting Sunday at 9:00 AM and 7:30 PM) yesterday, talking about the election, but time went by so fast that I feel like I barely scratched the surface.

—ed.

Posted by EB at 11:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

The Voice also runs a blog devoted to sustainability. Today we posted a column from E magazine about visible effects of global warming. Other recent posts include a review of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities by Takoma Park author Mike Tidwell and information about a local screening of An Inconvenient Truth on October 3.

Here's the link to that blog: Sustainability

—ed.

Posted by EB at 11:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)