In this age of cable and YouTube, millions of people evidently saw the one-minute-plus clip. But there has been relatively little focus on why the substantive debate that sparked it matters. More broadly, while I appreciate the concern over the future of civility in politics, I believe a little raw anger right now is justified.… Continue reading Is Anthony Weiner an Angry Loon?
Year: 2010
Who are the liberal birthers?
41 percent of Republicans say Obama was definitely or probably born in another country. Why do so many Americans believe such a silly thing? And why are Republicans so much more likely to believe it? From Poll: 41 percent of Republicans think Obama wasn’t born in America – Birthers – Salon.com If the media does… Continue reading Who are the liberal birthers?
The political genius of supply-side economics | Martin Wolf’s Exchange | FT.com
To understand modern Republican thinking on fiscal policy, we need to go back to perhaps the most politically brilliant (albeit economically unconvincing) idea in the history of fiscal policy: supply-side economics. Supply-side economics liberated conservatives from any need to insist on fiscal rectitude and balanced budgets. Supply-side economics said that one could cut taxes and… Continue reading The political genius of supply-side economics | Martin Wolf’s Exchange | FT.com
Hamas targets women’s underwear in modesty drive
A week after banning women from smoking water pipes in public places, the Hamas-run police force has told stores selling women’s underwear to remove scantily-clad mannequins and any posters of racy undergarments. From Hamas targets women’s underwear in modesty drive – Yahoo! News Glad to hear that things are going so well in Gaza that… Continue reading Hamas targets women’s underwear in modesty drive
Chris Kelly: Why You Don’t Care About JournoList
The problem with the JournoList scandal is the problem with a lot of right wing news: It’s not happening on Earth I, where you and I live. Like the Black Panthers taking over the Justice Department, or Shirley Sherrod’s night raids on Andrew Breitbart’s small family farm or Glenn Beck’s lonely one-man struggle against the… Continue reading Chris Kelly: Why You Don’t Care About JournoList
Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine today will announce a new party initiative aimed at defining the Republicans who want to win control of Congress as tea partiers who want to repeal everything and abolish federal agencies. From Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC This is brilliant politically.… Continue reading Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC
The only thing Americans hate more than big government is the absence of government protection
middle-class Americans of the right, left, and center have now come to expect a level of personal financial security thatdespite the stereotypesmost people would never demand from their governments. In a review he wrote earlier this month, Brink Lindsey, the vice president of the libertarian Cato Institutea man who knows what he is up againstpulled… Continue reading The only thing Americans hate more than big government is the absence of government protection
Time to change to oil
That oil has been in the gulf for 90 days now. Guess it’s time to drain all the oil out and replace it with fresh oil.
Climategate debunking is (or should be) major news
By restoring the reputation of the U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the reports released by a Netherlands environmental agency and a special British investigative panel should do much to dispel the widespread doubt generated by hackers who pinched nasty e-mails from the computers of climate scientists associated with the IPCC. Or the reports would… Continue reading Climategate debunking is (or should be) major news
Why the Obama-is-a-socialist poll isn’t surprising
55 percent of likely voters in this fall’s midterm elections think the term “socialist” describes President Obama well seems alarming. From Why the Obama-is-a-socialist poll isn’t surprising But what percent could define Socialist? My guess is that it is far less that 55%.