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But I’m Sure He’s Eaten Sushi Before

by cactus But I’m Sure He’s Eaten Sushi Before Giving ambassadorships to unqualified political hacks and/or unqualified donors is a long and stupid tradition in this country. Apparently the President who was about change has decided to continue one of the worst things about American politics. Let’s be realistic. Its harmful to the United States […]

Elizabeth Warren exclusive

rdan Elizabeth Warren of the Congressional Oversight Committee for TARP, and champion of an active voice for consumer protection regulation, offers her thoughts in Real Change: Turning up the heat on non-bank lenders with one of her latest essays at New Deal 2.0, part of the Roosevelt Institution. We have watched regulation slip away, which […]

Libertarian position…a query

by cactus As I understand it, the Libertarian position is that for the most part, if an entity (a person, a company, or a corporation) wants to do something with property it owns, it should generally be allowed to do so. I don’t want to be arguing with a strawman, so if I have an […]

"Encouraging Veterans to Commit Suicide"

by reader run “Encouraging Veterans to Commit Suicide” Appearing on Fox News “Fox and Friends” in an effort to mislead the elderly, disabled, and veterans; the GOP’s chief spin-meister Michael Steel declares healthcare reform would result in the same bad public policy as shown in a 1997 VA manual encouraging veterans to commit suicide. The […]

Revanche

Marvel character RevancheHmmmm…guess not. rdan A reader was wondering about our loyal following of “conservative” commenters. That neo-conservatism was not conservativism was suggested in comments to a post on PNAC (Bruce Webb) by a reader objecting to the perceived characterization. Link to interview on NPR with author Sam Tanenhaus. In his latest book, The Death […]

two op-ed pieces on healthcare reform…Krauthammer and Kinsley

by reader Aunt Deb On Friday, Aug. 28, the Washington Post printed two op-ed pieces on healthcare reform; “Obamacare: The Only Exit Strategy, by Charles Krauthammer and “Change We’d Rather Do Without” by Michael Kinsley. Neither piece discussed real details of either the existing funding and delivery system for health care or the possible ways […]