The stalling economy, Republicans and the panic reflex
In general, I'm politically right of center when it comes to fiscal issues. Obviously, after the catastrophic banking crisis of 2008, when we saw up close that the virtues of the invisible hand of the...
View ArticleDon't be fooled: The Tea Party is about authority, not liberty
They claim to be about "getting the government off of our backs." The problem here is that the Tea Party seems to be salivating at the opportunity to enact on the state level laws that prohibit equal...
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Here's the thing: Gay couples don't have equal rights. Gay people do
Let's repeat that:Gay couples don't have equal rights. Gay people do.As far as I know, couples are not mentioned in the US Constitution. However, people are. We the people (etc etc etc). So when the...
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Rewriting history, Pope Benedict claims Nazis were atheists
Not that I claim to know more than Pope Benedict's first-person Nazi expertise, but his claim that Nazis were about atheism is somewhat bizarre:The Pope used this speech to warn Britain about...
View ArticleThe media's love of Tea Party cheesecake
Yes, Sarah Palin is still playing big in mainstream media headlines. But watch out, girl! There's a new hottie basking in the sunguns.Christine O'Donnell.Thank goodness for Jon Stewart!The Daily Show...
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Simply not paying our bills is not how to balance the budget
The position of the Republicans in the budget negotiations is an outrage to every responsible citizen in our republic. Let's get some facts straight:The debt is money already spentWe owe it. For the...
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Senate Filibuster and Star Trek's "Taste of Armageddon"
The United States Senate is stalled. A minority of Senators threatens to filibuster. Legislation is killed.I am old enough to remember when filibusters actually required filibustering. That is, when a...
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And the Band Droned On
In my undergraduate class in anthropology, one of the texts related how during World War Two, soldiers in the US Army were given vitamins. But there was a religious denomination that opposed taking...
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President Boehner? President Boehner? Republicans Push Toward Parliamentary...
Some Republicans are looking to change the way the President of the United States is elected. It is a simple plan reported by the Washington Post, Rachael Maddow, and other media, but I think the...
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Makers: the feminist story doesn't end there
Last night's airing of Makers on PBS got a lot of attention, in part for what it didn't include: Feminism in the last 20 years or so, especially what's been happening online. But that's okay. Feminism...
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Is it time to strip Wyoming of its statehood?
The number of seats in the US House of Representatives was set at 435 in 1912, the year the Titanic sank. With the additional of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the number went up to 437. The 1910...
View ArticleWhat the pundits just don't GET about the Donald Trump phenomenon
The Donald Trump phenomenon is something the pundits keep trying to explain away. Maybe after enough explaining, he'll go away. So far he hasn't.David Brooks tells this weekend that Trump will keep his...
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