Month: December 2010

….Obama, `jump in the lake’ This story today by Juan Cole, Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State, describes the latest and perhaps the last state...

I am sure that the Tea Partiers are heartbroken to learn that the GOP’s first order of business was to cut a deal with the president to add $900 billion to the debt and then to select a hypocritical earmarking lover of...

There’s an easy way to free up tax dollars, one that needs to be discussed. I can sum it up in four words: End the American Empire. What do I mean by that? Quite simple really. Start closing overseas bases and ending wars....

I like Kevin Drum, but this is ridiculous. Let me get one thing out of the way right at the outset. It may be difficult to precisely define ‘progressivism’, but it is not synonymous with the ‘purist...

First off, I want to send my condolences to the Edwards family on the occasion of the passing of Elizabeth at age sixty-one. That is far too young, and I know her children will sorely miss her presence in their lives. I’m...