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Friday, August 17 — “You shall know a man by the company he keeps,” wrote Aesop long ago. So, what do we know about Senator John Sununu, based on this photo published in the August 10 issue of The Messenger? Well, we know that Senator Sununu (at left; R-NH) looks fairly relaxed, comfortable, and happy considering that he’s having his picture taken while sitting next to a convicted forger and sex offender. Of course, Leigh Bosse (right) is a Republican. Perhaps if he was a Democrat, Mr. Sununu would feel differently about him. On February 28, 2007 Bosse was found guilty of two felony counts …

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Friday, August 10 — Come and get ‘em, folks. The Shopping Cart is clicking right along, the mailing crew is fired up … we got us a system here. It’s too late to get your hands on any of this batch right here, of course. These guys are already on their way to readers in forty-six states and Washington, DC, guarded by uniformed representatives of the U.S. Government. Which reminds us. We’d like to be able to boast that we’re in all 50 states. But before we can do that we need subscribers in IN, MN, MS, and ND. We’re going to begin by concentrating …

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Wednesday, August 7 — So, how we doing on that regular posting thing? Oh, yeah … Well, here’s our excuse: Almost done: sixteen pages of truly free press; due at the printer’s on Thursday afternoon, and on the streets the next day, multiplied by about 5,500, given away free, supported by small advertisers and subscribers. No grants, no non-profit nervous nellies worrying about who’ll be offended, no IRS 501 (c) 3 fine print to dance around. Our Starving Artiste, Mike Dater, just now alerted us to a stirring rant by John Pilger on how desperately the world needs real journalism. Here Pilger talks mostly about …

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Monday, July 30 — Well, folks, we’re pretty well out of excuses. We may have to get into the habit of posting something here on a daily basis. That is not to say that we intend to run a normal sort of a blog here. Not if a blog is expected to provide daily flashes of brilliance that move the public dialogue forward and demonstrate the author’s superior intellect. All we really plan to do here is make one point, over and over again: in this fairly desperate time, when our already imperfect democracy is in imminent danger of going completely to hell for good, …

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Saturday, July 28 — We try to get our banner refreshed on our day of publication. Yesterday we failed. We apologize for the delay. We did get a paper out, of course. Here’s the top half of the front page. We have it in mind to post something today, but there are a few chores to attend to, and the weather is looking pretty iffy. In fact, we just heard rumbles of thunder. We may be back later, today, depending. It’s not that we think the world’s waiting. We’re just gradually inching this aspect of the overall operation forward, and we feel like leaving a …

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Wednesday, July 25 — Sigh. We’re more than a little preoccupied finishing up our Vol. 251, No. 22, due at the printer’s tomorrow, and on the streets Friday, but inspired by a faithful reader and erstwhile volunteer we hastened to get up a post on Monday about the possibility of actually getting Congress to impeach a certain arch-criminal. Now, it appears, our hopes were in vain. Rather than re-hash, we’ll send you to Jonathan Schwarz’s post at AfterDowningStreet.