The question the authors leave unanswered is how far the Obama administration intends to go, or has gone, to de-politicize the office of the presidency. They point out that Barack Obama made an early effort to avoid shows of … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker, If That’s Not Offensive, What is?
We are through the looking glass here, people. At some point a sense of shame needs to come back into the political process. Charlie Baker, look yourself in the mirror and try to ask yourself what other Hudak tropes you won't … [Read more...]
PolitiFact: the old “most wealthy taxpayers are small businesses” line is “barely true”
I hope you've all noticed that we've got PolitiFact's "Truth-O-Meter" running in the left-hand sidebar. PolitiFact is an excellent service, diligently fact-checking statements made by politicians of all ideological stripes. And … [Read more...]
Climate Crisis Catastrophe
This disaster has many authors. (1) Republicans: There's the fact that not a single Republican Senator would back a bill. Senator Graham backed away from the bill he originally helped to produce with Senators Kerry and Lieberman. Senator … [Read more...]
Immigration Returns? What do you think?
President Obama made a major speech on the need for immigration reform a couple of days before the 4th of July that got a pretty good review from Paul Waldman in the Prospect. He it called Immigration Returns because it put us in the way … [Read more...]
On The Smartest Investment Ever, Or, Wanna Restart The Economy?
Lewis Black will offer today's opening statement; he's a bit blunt, so if you, like Mr. Krabs' Mom, get all distressed when exposed to "sailor talk", just move right on past his commentary and the rest of us will be with you in just about … [Read more...]
When the left supported growth
...historically the left were supportive of growth and mass prosperity, but today 'most self-proclaimed radicals emphasise the need to impose limits on consumption and economic growth'. In the preface, Ben-Ami aligns himself with the … [Read more...]
General McChrystal is out
Various news outlets are reporting that President Obama has relieved General Stanley McChrystal of his command in Afghanistan, replacing him with General David Petraeus. Clearly the right move. After the shocking comments by … [Read more...]
Where’s the focus? Where it always has been.
Ezra says a lot of what I've been thinking:... insofar as liberals focus too much on Obama, the appropriate criticism there is not that they're too interested in the president or too bullish on government's ability to plug … [Read more...]
The Best Explanation for the Tea Party I’ve Heard
If you're like me, you hear the words coming out of the mouths of Tea Partiers, and you think, "you seem like a decent human being, so how on earth can you believe those things?" Of course, I don't want to tar all self-identified tea … [Read more...]
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