Tweet <!-- Share --> Did Mitt Romney, in his ill timed and ill conceived commentary on the violence in North Africa, just doom his presidential aspirations the way John McCain did in 2008 … [Read more...]
Romney Worrying About Millions But Not Billions
Mitt Romney's supposed essential selling point to the American electorate is that his experience in the private sector uniquely qualify him to replace Barack Obama in the White House next January. Romney and his supporters have repeatedly … [Read more...]
Comedy Central Moves to the Right
I once heard conservative columnist David Brooks refer to a Republican Party political miscalculation as stupidity on stilts. Well, courtesy of the national media, the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has provided a few … [Read more...]
Hearing on anti-gay Surgeon General Nominee
Tomorrow the Senate Health Committee, chaired by Senator Kennedy, begins hearings on Bush's nomination of Dr. James Holsinger to be Surgeon General. The nomination has drawn fierce opposition from the GLBT community for two principal … [Read more...]
Wasted Lives
It's quite understandable. For a parent who has lost a child; ahusband or wife who has lost a spouse; a child who has lost aparent in that war, the pain is just so great. And there is theaccompanying impulse to at least provide … [Read more...]
The Oh Zone!
17 YEARS, that is. From Maine's Press Herald:When the Environmental Protection Agency issued new limits on ground-level ozone two years ago, it made sense to give cities time to come into compliance.But the EPA's decision to grant … [Read more...]
Mutiny on the EPA Bounty, 10,000 Strong
(shared from T&P)I've been so busy reading the latest about the Mass et al v. EPA case here (thank you, Charley) and elsewhere, I figured it was time to summarize, so here goes. First I have a review of a post I wrote back in September … [Read more...]
WashPo & NYTimes: Climate Change Fat Lady Sings?
Also seen at Truth & ProgressFrom today's Washington Post, Energy Firms Come to Terms with Climate Change. The fat lady has is singing away today: Exxon Mobil is contemplating dropping funding to climate skeptic think tanks and … [Read more...]