The Important Work of Government: Elevating Ronald Reagan
Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick is catching some flack. He’s catching some flack from political hack Grover Norquist. The reason for Patrick’s flack? It seems he has the good sense not to sign a proclamation naming Feb. 6 “Ronald Reagan Day.”
According to the Boston Globe:
Thirty-three governors — 20 Republicans and 13 Democrats — inked the agreement […]
Can We Have a Nation When Only Partisans Are Served?
How frightening is this?
mcjoan of the Daily Kos writes:
…there’s news of a “bloggers roundtable” that occurred yesterday with Major General Kenneth Hunzeker, the Army officer in charge of the Iraqi police training program. Who attended this roundtable? Googling reveals no reports other than one by RedState’s AcademicElephant.
The contributing editors at Daily Kos weren’t invited to […]
Bush’s Extraordinary Protection of Extraordinary Rendition
According to the Washington Post, the U.S., Britain, Spain, and Italy have refused to sign a long-negotiated accord on secret detentions. The U.N. treaty has 58 other signers. It is hardly surprising as failure to cooperate with other nations is a hallmark of the Bush administration. What would be surprising is if this administration did […]
Time To Get Off Our Asses and Do Something
I’m talking to me and I’m talking to you. Some folks are doing everything they can. This is for the rest of us. I sit in my comfy dining room or home office and tap away posting blog entries. It’s great for venting bile and preaching to the choir. Most of my hits in the […]
Test Your Political Point of View
Here’s a bit of fluff for a Sunday diversion. The graphic shows my own outlook determined by the questions. I actually think it’s dead-on—with about a thousand caveats. Who wants to be boxed in? One of the reports suggests what famous people and characters your views resemble. I was happy to find myself in the […]
Andrew Sullivan’s Amazing Intellect Falls Prey to Bush-Think
On the eve of his move to the more prestigious Atlantic Monthly, conservative standard bearer undermines scientific standards in defense of AEI
The basics: Exxon-funded American Enterprise Insttiute (AEI, in acronym-speak) offered $10k to scientists to write papers that refute the proposition that human activity causes global warming.
More basics: Legitimate science does not start with the […]
God Bless Molly Ivins
Read also: Remembering Molly Ivins, John Nichols, The Nation
Molly Ivins was an original. Tonight, the angels in heaven have a new reason to speak truth. Molly will be taking names and setting records straight—with humor, warmth and the occasional devilish barb.
Molly died today, January 31, 2007, aged 62, after a long battle with cancer.
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