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Roller Report
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The Roller Report (RR) addresses American politics with a progressive view. The author is a lawyer living in Washington, DC, with his husband and their big white dog. He was motivated to start writing out of frustration and growing outrage at the hypocrisy and double-standards of the political right.
Recent Posts
Cheney hates... Bush!?
Okay, Cheney doesn't "hate" Bush, but there are hints and rumors going about that Cheney's opinion of his former "boss" grew less flattering as time passed. Specifically, as Bush began to order a halt to torture, secret prisons, and so on, Cheney beg...
Debunking the anti-reform Health Care ads
Setting aside Governor Palin's... um, sorry, make that FORMER Governor Palin's scurulous claim about "death panels" setting out to kill her baby, there are a lot of ads running on television vigorously attacking the proposed health care reform bill. ...
DC Attorney arrested; called "faggot" by cop
From today's Washington Blade (full story):District resident Pepin Tuma, 33, an attorney in private practice, said the arrest took place at 17th and U streets, N.W., shortly after midnight July 26, seconds after a police officer overheard him telling...
Sad story about mental health
I was browsing the Washington Post online this morning and came across this video about a young man who received a dual diagnosis of substance abuse and schizophrenia (print story). Apparently, multiple treatment facilities failed to help him and, w...
Homophobia in Jamaica
My husband and I tend to take it for granted that world-wise and well-read people know about the terrible homophobia in Jamaica, but I am routinely surprised by folks who know nothing about it. For whatever reasons, the ads I keep seeing for travel ...
"So sorry ma'am, uh, senator."
Although this is silly and seems to resonate more with conservatives, I would appreciate some enlightenment on this issue if I'm wrong... As you may have heard, Sen. Boxer from California chided a male general during a hearing when he referred to her...

