The Moral Case for Liberalism
…deep underlying principles: Barack Obama. In fact, I think that’s exactly why so many Democrats found Obama’s speech at the DNC so inspiring and exciting – he dared to assert…
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Soooo … Eric Posner’s Angling to Ghostwrite David Brooks’s Columns. Or At Least to Fully Shed That John-Yoo-and-I Stigma. Fine, But Don’t Stigmatize ME In the Process. [FORMAT-CORRECTED AGAIN]
…the Tsarnaevs are examples of “vulnerable Muslims” driven to extremes by President Obama’s immoral drone war; for the right, they are foot soldiers in a civilizational war. … Neither the…
Tax increases
…Obama’s budget creates a “back door” tax increase, Joseph Rosenberg, a research associate at the Tax Policy Center, told The Huffington Post. With Obama’s budget change, taxpayers would move into…
Why, Yes! Of Course! The Voters Will Vote to End Social Security, Medicare, Dodd-Frank and the EPA Because the IRS Improperly Hassled Political “Social Welfare” Organizations and the DOJ Issued Sweeping Subpoenas of AP Phone Lines!
…the National Journal. To name two.* Dickerson argues that the Obama administration “is doing a far better job making the case for conservatism than Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell, or John…
The PPACA Sky is Falling . . .
…than moment to moment for changes in the system,’ Emanuel said. Obama has confronted opposition from Republicans at every turn of the law, which passed Congress with only Democratic votes…
The Appalachia Map, Yet Again
…than that. Faithful readers will remember seeing this basic map here multiple times. This latest version shows Obama’s gains/losses in share of the white vote compared to Gore (this by…
TPP and a bit of history
From Thomas Dewar, Public Citizen News release: Quote: “… Also fueling congressional opposition to Fast Track is the abysmal outcome of the Obama administration’s only major trade pact to date,…
Religious freedom, taxes, and corporatism–Part II
…a Muslim country around Muslim relatives. See, e.g., this snopes.com piece setting out and then debunking the claims that Obama was Muslim. The continuing attacks on President Obama related to…
Previewing Blinder and Watson (2015)
…and start of the Obama administration (the price of oil was about $1.70 per gallon at the end of 2008 and start of 2009), or we should be seeing it…
Why Will Healthcare Insurance be Cheaper in Florida with the PPACA???
…Brian Bandell “Obamacare Premiums” CNN Money, Tami Luhby “Democrats say Florida stripped insurance commissioner of power to set health plan rates” Politifact, Ted Deutch “Obamacare facts separated from spin by…