Month: July 2006

In a fine comment on my recent post Hillary Clinton, the Blogleft, and Groupthink, mrboma said I wrote recently about one of my brothers saying we on the left are “tottering on the edge of fascism” because we promote...

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible… Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.” — George...

Maureen Dowd writes an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times .  My favorite sentence is the last one. Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation. Thank God. Katha Politt writes a very funny op-ed: link : Thank You for Hating...

Bad in Every Direction This is an Unhosted Cafe. Coffee & Tea under the window.Bagels and cheese danish on the platters. Today’s cafe title courtesy that soul of decadence, Family Man. Please recommend (and unrecommend...

xposted @ dKos Government isn’t so much growing as it is being managed. Government is being managed for profit. Say it again: Government isn’t growing, it’s being managed for profit. That’s the problem,...