When the Watergate scandal broke, I was just old enough to grasp that something really bad, shocking in fact had happened. That was before "shocking" became just another mot du jour and scandals were not reality shows. I was raised by … [Read more...]
The obstacles to single-payer health care.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Many people reading this are no doubt familiar with the web site fivethirtyeight.com ("538 dot com" -- 538 was the number of electoral … [Read more...]
Ideas, the Republicans, and Us
The Republicans really do need Obama to fail. The reason is not that this will lead to Republican electoral victories, though it may. The reason is much deeper. The Republican party is committed in a fundamental … [Read more...]
“Some of the media, frankly, are dealers …
... peddling cynicism by tearing down anything positive and hopeful." -- Deval Patrick, 6/4/06This isn't regarding anything positive or hopeful, but could it be any clearer that Jon Keller has gotten into his own stash?I Hope We … [Read more...]