Readings...on world affairs, state of union, smoking...

Read two, no make that three interesting articles in The Atlantic Monthy - which is basically a more conservative or moderate version of The New Yorker - it has articles, short stories, etc - but from a different slant. Yet not as conservative as The National Review.
Quite interesting mag actually - doesn't rant, reports evenly, not as much editorializing and looks at both sides of the issue. I'm like my Dad - I like to look at all the angles.

The articles are: ( The Agenda: A War to Start All Wars - How the Middle East looks like Europe circa World War I by Niall Ferguson )

Mosied on to another one - this about the fiscal health of the nation. Unlike the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly has lots of short but pithy articles. ( The Rancor Divident - The new Democratic Congress just might help the White House mend the country's broken fiscal policy )

( Smoking bans across time starting in 1624 and ending in 1945 )

Fourth up? ( Closing the God Gap: How a pair of Democratic strategists are helping candidates talk about their faith. )

Oh, and I've figured out a way to chapters of literary works emailed to me for free. Go to: dailylit.com - I'm doing "Little Women by Louisa May Alcott" and "Dream Psychology" by Sigmund Frued. You can also do Ulysess by James Joyce but having read Ulysses (book version) I don't recommend it. Joyce requires more attention than an email.

Politics

Ooooh I've discovered a cool new lj site - freespeechzone where I found This. Apparently the New Mexico State Senate has drafted and voted on a resolution which they sent to US Congress to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney regarding their policy on Iraq and the illegal wire-tapping and spying on Americans amongst other things. Ahhh. Interesting. And yes, the state legislatures can do that. It's been a while, but if memory serves, the States can check the Federal Government's policies. This fascinates me. None of the States have done this sort of thing since the Civil War and it's coming from the state of New Mexico. Here's the The full text of the resoultion. Whether you are a Bush fan or not a Bush fan or just ambivalent, this is fascinating from a historical perspective. I'm not sure if a State Legislature has done this before? And according to the article, New Mexico isn't the only State Legislature doing this or considering it.