Although things have been a bit dismal as the pro-pollution forces like the Koch brothers & Sen. Scott Brown have blocked real conservation laws & regulations, there's encouragement out there: Cape Wind has scored a victory! This … [Read more...]
Thank you, President Obama & Secretary Sebelius!
Thank you for making contraceptives free for women throughout the USA. Women covered by private insurance will soon be able to fill their birth control prescriptions at no cost, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced … [Read more...]
Mr. Mayhem
A brilliant student-made public service announcement from UMass-Lowell students: This is it, in a nutshell. Climate change deniers (Scott Brown and practically all the Republican leaders in America) are driving us off the road and … [Read more...]
Medicare Is The Solution
Medicare is much more efficient than private insurance, so we should expand it to people who want to buy in. So what's the answer? For starters, allow anyone at any age to join Medicare. Medicare's administrative costs are in the range of 3 … [Read more...]
Merit Pay = Incentive To Cheat
USA Today has a blockbuster story, and you should read the whole thing. Michelle Rhee, the DC superintendent appointed by a Democratic mayor, and lauded by liberal pundits, tried out all kinds of conservative ideas like Merit … [Read more...]
We Should Watch Fox News.
Via digby, I found a very no-nonsense discussion of why Wisconsin's governor is trying to bust the unions. Thank you, Fox News, for putting it right out there. I'm having trouble embedding the video, so here's the … [Read more...]
Republican Plan: Starve The Fetus
A few years ago, I learned from an article about conservative leader Grover Norquist that the Republican plan for revenues & government was to "starve the beast," cut revenue so much that government would have to cut popular programs … [Read more...]
The Real Reagan, His Alliance With Racists
More Reagan history here. UPDATE: There has long been a concerted public relations campaign to boost Reagan's image, hide the racism he allied himself with, hide what he took away from the working stiffs to give to the country club set. … [Read more...]
“We Will Restore Science To Its Rightful Place”
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the … [Read more...]
The Result Of 11-Dimensional Chess Strategy
It's a trap. "We knew that, politically, once you get it into law, it becomes almost impossible to remove it," says Dan Bartlett, Bush's former communications director. "That's not a bad legacy. The fact that we were able to lay the trap … [Read more...]
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