The Fight Is Not Over On FISA
I wanted to consult with a professional before I wrote this, and so I did: a close friend who is an ex-Republican and a constitutional lawyer.In short, she ratified what John Dean said earlier: a court...
View ArticleWhy We Need To Reform The Justice System: The Susan LeFevre Story
A big story in Michigan and Southern California over the past two months was the arrest of Susan LeFevre, 53, who had been on the run since 1976. LeFevre has since been sent back to prison in...
View ArticleObama Reaches Out To The World
Wow.Simply freaking wow.It's hard to express how I felt about the just-concluded Obama speech in Berlin, Germany, but it's not hard to see the effect it had.We've heard for years from the right-wing...
View ArticleAP adopts right-wing's "liberal media" meme
So, I opened up Firefox and my AOL home page loaded up, and the headline was "McCain at War with the New York Times." I start reading the story, and quickly noticed something stand out like a strobe...
View ArticleO Is For Outstanding
He did it.Barack Obama went out in front of 75,000 people at Mile High Stadium/Invesco Field and stood tall, stared down the GOP talking points, and punched them right in the face.This was the sort of...
View ArticleWhy The National Polls Don't Matter
There's been an awful lot of hand-wringing around here the past few days as John McCain has moved back into a tie or gained some leads within the margin of error. The "oh noes!" and "OMG's!" were in...
View ArticleUpdated: Doubling Down In The Financial Crisis
2008 is rapidly shaping up to be the year of the disappearing Wall Street giants. The early part of the year saw the rapid weekend collapse of Bear Stearns, bought by JP Morgan Chase for a song.At...
View ArticleHow Do I Convert My Evangelical Aunt To Obama?
I grew up in a Democratic family. My grandparents, my parents, aunts, uncles, etc. have almost always voted Democratic, many of us have been union members (as I am now), and some of us contributors...
View ArticleMurder Was The Case That They Gave Me (w/poll)
Crossposted at my new blog, The Random OpinionatorThis morning's Washington Post carries a report that the Peanut Corporation of America plant behind the salmonella outbreak had twelve positive...
View ArticleHow Do They Live With Themselves?
Watching Countdown right now, listening to the discussion of the CIA inspector general's report, knowing all I already do, I am still sickened by it all. I am sickened by the continued defense offered...
View ArticleIs this what we voted for? My letter to the President
President Obama:As someone who spent hours talking numerous people on your behalf last year, who helped hold a fundraiser for you, who made his first political donation to you, who believed in you as a...
View ArticleTolerant In Name, Not In Action
It was with the deepest sadness that I awoke this morning and discovered that once again, via a ballot measure, Americans voted to deny equal rights to their fellow citizens. I cannot express the...
View ArticleNixonland Redux
Throughout my life, I've been asked why I read so much. "Why are you always reading?""Don't you get bored reading all that historical stuff?" My answer has always been the same. I'm fascinated by it,...
View ArticleDeficit derangement
Over the past month, we've seen all sorts of "deficit-cutting" measures being proposed. And hey, as someone who's fairly fiscally conservative, I would agree with those proposals....if they'd been...
View ArticleFighting the inaccurate perception of the Wisconsin battle
Edit: Title changed to better reflect the gist of my diary.David Brooks makes my brain hurt again today. Sadly, so do some of my conservative friends, who've generally been moving towards the middle...
View ArticleI publicly call out the L.A. Times on its one-sided Wisconsin editorials
As a former resident of Los Angeles, I was an avid reader of the L.A. Times for years. I still check it out every so often to see what's going on back in my old stomping grounds, or to read some of the...
View ArticleNYT story says Obama declared DOMA unconstitutional; ignores court decisions
The New York Times has a very up and down record as of late. Guys like Nick Kristof have done a remarkable job of covering the revolts in Egypt, and then you get them holding off, AGAIN, on a story...
View ArticleWhat's So Conservative About These People?
Crossposted from my personal blog, The Random Opinionator.After reading a short op-ed piece this morning in the L.A. Times, I really started to wonder: What's so "conservative" about these...
View ArticleMy letter to the President re: Bradley Manning
I had it this morning. Sometimes enough is enough, and I had it, and I had to say something. I had to draw a line, to say something that pained me to say.I love this President. For everything he has...
View ArticleScott Walker trying to make labor relations commission's chief lawyer a...
I have to give Scott Walker credit for one thing. He's not afraid of political death. He just keeps doing every single thing he can to piss off as many people as possible, while continuing to be one...
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