ABC’s This Week Clarifies Supreme Court Issues on Health Care
I had high expectations that ABC’s This Week would handle last week’s Supreme Court arguments on the Affordable Care Act under its usual intellectual standards. After all, with a panel that includes...
View ArticleHooray! Paul Ryan Proposes to Make Canada Part of the US
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerI’m surprised it has taken so long for American politicians to realize that the surest way for the nation to reach energy independence is to...
View ArticleHow We’re Winning the War in Afghanistan
On patrol in the village of Paspajak, Logar province, Afghanistan (photo: The U. S. Army/flickr) After months of arguing over who should control the practice of American troops performing armed raids...
View ArticlePastor Rick Warren Explains the Financial Crisis
It’s Easter, or the days after everyone lost their first born to a very brutal, blood-thirsty god, or something, so naturally it’s a day when America’s premier Talking Head shows invite America’s...
View ArticleGood News for Women: Dem Leader Cleaver Says There’s No GOP War on You
Very good news today, coming from the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. Mr. Cleaver is concerned about the tone of politics these days, and since it’s unfair for the...
View ArticleAtrios’ Lament: America in the Age of Wankers
Atrios on the pain of covering “wankers”: . . . The ESCHATON DECADE has been a pretty fucked up decade, a time when this country stopped even bothering to pretend to live up to many of its supposed...
View ArticleImmediate Openings – U.S. Secret Service: STD and Credit Checks Required
Secret Service protect a Mitt Romney rally in San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Kit O'Connell. As I understand the premise of America’s global military and foreign policy, the United States claims it has...
View ArticleJoe Biden Is a Better Skier Than His Boss
Bunny rabbit (Wikipedia) The President of the United States did a good thing when he told Americans he supported same-sex marriage. It was overdue but the right thing to say. Whatever the motivations...
View ArticleRomney at Liberty: Which Cult Is He Preaching?
Jamie Dimon, America's Cult Prophet I was struck by the title to CBS reporter Chip Reid’s article, Romney’s address at Liberty University sparks controversy, and because we seem fascinated by a good...
View ArticleNate Silver Rumored for Treasury Secretary or OMB Head
Rumors are spreading this a.m. that the reality-based number cruncher at the New York Times, Nate Silver, may soon be appointed to a high position in the Obama Administration.** Silver successfully...
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