Michael at Americablog expresses the universal cry of the left as we watch the US decay from the inside.
How can anyone take the US seriously when it claims its fighting for freedom and democracy? Bush supports a military coup in Venezuela because he finds the democratically elected leader annoying? Our allies in the Middle East … read more »
This is hilarious:
Blogs Will Change Your Business
..wherein you will learn such important points as “[...]we’re going to take you into the world of blogs by delivering this story — call it Blogs 101 for businesses — in the style of a blog. We’re even sprinkling it with links. These are underlined words that, when clicked, … read more »
The brilliant Paul Krugman is the saving grace of the New York Times. An economist/academic that sees the big picture and writes clearly and passionately. He’s doing a series on the completely counter-productive health care system in this country. And, I’ve found a complete online archive of Krugman’s work (the Times puts a price on … read more »
The LeftCoaster has a good rundown of the very nasty Earth Day present delivered by the House yesterday. What a disaster.
I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. The Catholic High School I attended let us out for the day to go to the march. It was fantastic, joyful and full of hope. A few … read more »
As a political geek, I went to the site of the National Weather Service after hearing how Sen. Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum is sponsoring a bill to eliminate the NWS so that commercial enterprises can make you pay for their weather news instead (oh, and guess who donated a big hunk o’ dough to … read more »
If you watched cable news last summer, you would quickly answer “Ronald Reagan.” If you watched it this spring, you know for sure it was Pope John Paul II.
But you would be wrong. Because the people who by all rights should receive the credit for overpowering the dictatorship in Eastern Europe will never get the … read more »
From Digby’s ongoing remedial class in American history for stupid, lazy columnists:
Thus, the culture war is all about abortion and not, as some have erroneously assumed, a half century of struggle over fundamental issues of social justice, tolerance, individual rights and modernity in general. This whole thing is a simple disagreement between upstanding conservatives saving … read more »
The Green Party issued a stinging rebuke of the Dems over the horrible bankruptcy bill passed and signed this week.
“72 Democrats handed President Bush, the Republicans, and corporate America a victory last week, proving that Americans have only one party for working people — the Green Party,” said Peggy Lewis, co-chair of the Green Party … read more »
Kurt at Okie Funk has great post about how Oklahoma progressives don’t know each other, with some ideas for how that can change.
I pretty much agree with what he says, except I don’t plan on working the Dems to do anything. I totally support those who take up that work, but for me, I’d … read more »
