Beth Daley's piece in the Science section of the Globe online. Global temperatures have been rising over the past 30 years as Krugman's graph indicates. … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Blogospheres
Interesting research about how the left and the right use blogs differently, from the Berkman Center at Harvard: In this paper, we revisit [previous] findings by comparing the practices of discursive production and participation among top … [Read more...]
New Rule: you can’t say you support something if you actively work against it
Of course, there's an even greater problem here than the lie that this President actually supports an end to Don't Ask Don't Tell (at least enough to actually work toward it). There's the matter of that election we have coming up... The old … [Read more...]
Time for an Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable
More than eight years after the United States launched our involvement in Afghanistan, I am very concerned that continuing to operate a military-centric nation-building strategy in that country is not in our national security interests, and … [Read more...]
Your liberal media
Still not liberal. Heard on WBZ this morning at 6:50-ish, Debra Lawler reporting: Hundreds of thousands of unemployed may get extended benefits due to 4 Senate Republicans, including Scott Brown. (No mention of Senate Democrats who voted … [Read more...]
Turn to HBO Now for Ted Kennedy Doc
It's called the Senator's Bargain and it's on until 9:45 on HBO2. It's about the immigration bill he tried to pass recently. … [Read more...]
Climate Change Is Moot
There is even an appeal to End Days and Rapture Ready Survivalists without scaring anybody with Al Gore or CO2: Solar IS Civil Defense. A few square inches of solar electric panel can power the flashlight (LED), radio, cell … [Read more...]
Where’s our CPAC?
Every year when the Conservative Political Action Conference meets I wonder, where is the liberal/progressive equivalent. I vaguely remember DailyKos hosting some type of convention, but it doesn't seem to be quite on the same level. … [Read more...]
Why Did Martha Coakley Lose?
I think there's some truth to both of these analyses. And a lot could be said about each of them, and a lot has. I'm not going to rehash any of it. Instead, I want to mention something that I haven't really seen talked … [Read more...]
Electoral, Not Party Hate
Backing off from lofty ideals may not be an attractive or welcoming thought, but our government needs to get something of consequence to Obama's desk. Soon. Voters are not particularly taken by either party right now, but they are going to … [Read more...]
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