This post originally appeared at Speak Out California. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has joined a group of Senators threatening to allow the nation to default on its debt unless a commission to “fast track” cuts to Social Security is created. … Continue reading
TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | The Fictions of a Free Market Too often, “choice” means that we are “free to choose”–in fact forced to choose–what we can afford. When it comes to health-care “menu” is code for a tiered … Continue reading
In a post a couple of years ago, Who Is The Crazy Person In The Room? I wrote about trying to describe what Republicans have been up to, to someone who doesn’t read the blogs: I’ve said before that when … Continue reading
The other day in What I Expect In 2008 I wrote that, with Iraq out of the news, one of the things the Republicans are going to do in 2008 is make the public think that Democrats are big spenders, … Continue reading
(I am helping ACLU of Northern California and The Justice Project to get three very important bills signed. Right now there are three bills that the California legislature has passed and are ready for Governor Schwarzenegger to sign. But he … Continue reading
Erwin Chemerinsky, a noted legal scholar, was offered a job as dean of the new University of California at Irvine law school. Then he wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration – Alberto Gonzales in particular – so the university … Continue reading
The Friedman unit is a running joke at Atrios and elsewhere. Every few months Tom Friedman proclaims that things in Iraq will have to get better in a few months, or….. something. When the months have passed, he says it … Continue reading
This just in, via Dave Farber’s Interesting People list… if you have a Senator who was not on the list of 24 Democrats and 1 Independent who voted to filibuster Alioto, then I suggest you call him or her up … Continue reading
I’ve said before that when I try to talk about the stuff that the Republicans are up to, to people who don’t really follow the news, they think I’M the crazy person! My wife and I share a house with … Continue reading
Long Shot In 48th Is In It For The Long Haul: Democrat Steve Young is trailing in his bid for Congress, but he’s bent on having his issues heard. It’s hard to imagine what more Democrat Steve Young could do … Continue reading
(The below is an edited version of a comment I made at Unfogged. Normally Unfogged tends toward cultural and intellectual topics (and snark and fluff), but this particular post was from the point of view of a semi-repentant liberal hawk.) … Continue reading
Steve Lopez’s column in today’s L.A. Times tells part of the story of the death of one soldier, Knock on the Door, a Knock on the War: The knock came just after 6 a.m., way too early for visitors at … Continue reading