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In my preceding post, I was complaining that we had not heard any news of troops coming home from Iraq. On February 16, the Pentagon announced that troop levels have declined to 98,000 and that about 50,000 more will withdraw by August of this year. The remainder are supposed to be out of Iraq by [...]

Mark Fiore is a very talented guy, and creates weekly Flash animation political cartoons. Under the influence of a couple of bottles of Corona, I persuaded him to allow us to post his latest cartoons here at peterbcollins.com Until we get the website set up for them, check out his recent episodes at www.MarkFiore.com

With the announcement of Air America’s second, final trip into bankruptcy, an important chapter comes to a close. When Sheldon and Anita Drobny first floated the idea in 2003, liberal radio guys like me said, “finally, we can take back talk radio from the right.” When it launched in 2004, I had a daily show [...]

We’re all touched by the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, killing up to 25% of the people. One way to help is to support the group of nurses dispatched to Haiti by the California Nurses Association. Get info at Calnurses.org Personally, I don’t trust the Red Cross–after our 1989 earthquake in San Francisco, Red Cross [...]