Krugman on health care and the economy
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 …
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(Not So) Happy Earth Day
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 …
The National Weather Service needs your input
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 …
Who destroyed the Soviet Union?
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 …
The politics of political history
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 …
Greens admonish Dems on bankruptcy bill fiasco
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 …
Call out to Okie Progressives
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 …
Best sig ever
Found at DailyKos Don’t tell me you’re a Christian; let me figure it out for myself. Facebook Comments
Dems may have blocked Bolton
Whoa! No one saw it coming. But right now it looks like Bush’s anti-UN UN nominee may be history. Watched the committee meeting on C-SPAN and it was major drama. …