Veto-proof majorities. Romney crushed, now officially irrelevant, but liberated: free to shop his résumé of non-achievement elsewhere. Sure did great with those Olympics, though...(Some of our readers are concerned about the gastronomical … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2005
DemocracyForAmerica MA
Local organizer Shai Sachs reports that Democracy for America Massachusetts meetups are being held in over a dozen towns throughout Massachusetts. Most meetups are at 7 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, but some (including … [Read more...]
No, no, NO! Bad liberal! No biscuit!
Well, Sam Rosenfeld at TAPPED gets it completely backward:The much-cited Wall Street Journal editorial attacking DeLay hadme panicked that Democrats and their allies might actually succeed insecuring the Hammer?s imminent fall, which would … [Read more...]
Hate: an equal opportunity affliction
It's nice to know that irrational hatred of gay people isn't confined to Christian extremists in the good old U. S. of A. A ten day gay pride festival is being planned for the city of Jerusalem in August. And the NYT reports:Now … [Read more...]
RIP Terri Schiavo
She died this morning. … [Read more...]
It’s what Terri would have wanted.
A willful living will from Bob Friedman at the St. Petersburg Times in FL: Like many of you, I have been compelled by recent events to preparea more detailed advance directive dealing with end-of-life issues.Here's what mine says: * In the … [Read more...]
The Economist on drugs
[Try accessing the articles referenced below from this page.]OK, OK, so I just got around to reading the Economist from a couple of weeks ago ... and I'll have what they're having: Stronger FDA enforcementof post-marketing studies and … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: The Blog
Good news for people who love bad news at HomeBubble.(Thanks to Adam at Universal Hub, and apologies to Modest Mouse.) … [Read more...]
Stem Cell Debate: Freedom versus Fear
The current stem cell debate is best framed as a contest between freedom and fear. Progressive Democrats believe that if we give freedom to our finest minds cures may result for scourges like Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and Multiple … [Read more...]
History 101: Bill Frist, Cat Torturer
An occasional series on U.S. History.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist wrote In his 1989 book "Transplant" that when he was a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1970s he routinely went to animal shelters, pretended to adopt … [Read more...]
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