You know, I think of myself as a pretty dignified, brie-eating Cambridge liberal ... you know, elbow patches and such. But I can't help but point your attention to this. (Thanks -- I guess -- to the subtly-named "Romney is a … [Read more...]
No torture?? Oh, NOW he tells us.
Gonzales promises non-torture policy. ["Well why the hell did I nominate him, then?"]Tune in tomorrow to watch the fur fly. He may get confirmed anyway (a forgone conclusion, according to many Dems). It's yet more kryptonite to … [Read more...]
Give ’em enough rope… to climb down
(Read the Guinness chalkboard on the picture at right: it's from May '04. Cambridge City Hall is in the background.)With Sal DeMasi now in charge of the House, and Travaglini on the wedding circuit, it would seem that the prospects of the … [Read more...]
Fool me twice, uh… We can’t get fooled again!
AARP also joins in the pre-mortem of Bush's Social Insecurity plan.This could be fun: I'll nominate the SS privatization as the first nominee for the 2005 Great Thud of Non-Event. You can nominate your own Bush initiatives for a big ol' … [Read more...]
Peace on earth, good will towards humans…
... without exception! Look, there are certain folks that are using the season as a political football. For us blue-headed folks, let's not play that game. Hug your kids ... but hug your cantankerous Republican uncle even tighter … [Read more...]
Brookings gettin’ rowdy!
AP reports the smackdown:"Social Security is like a car with aflat tire," said Peter Orszag, an economist at the liberal BrookingsInstitution and adviser in the Clinton White House. "There is aproblem. We need to fix the flat … [Read more...]
Hey kids, take the hint…
Pandagon notes that a buncha kids from my grad school Alma Mater (Indiana U.) have TAKEN A STAND against that pesky liberal bias, which seems to infect the media, academia, and other places where really really smart, well-informed, … [Read more...]
RESIGN
Call your reps. 'Nuff said. … [Read more...]
Social Insecurity
Digby's got exactly the right idea here: Social Security is still the third rail of politics, folks. Time to start acting like it -- and Harry Reid has been showing some attitude: don't give an inch to this loony scheme. This should be … [Read more...]
Even yet still more environmentalism: All politics is *still* local
Really fascinating post at Kos about the success of Democrats in Montana. They're running on the environment as a central issue for sportsmen and farmers. Considering John Kerry's sterling record on environmental protection, it was somewhat … [Read more...]