Month: July 2007

Impeachment

I won’t pretend that I don’t hope to see a Dem in the presidency in 2008. But that’s not why I think we need to impeach Bush and Cheney (et al). After all, I don’t think there’s much difference...

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Open Thread

Good weather is bad for blog traffic. If you haven’t been over to Open Left yet, you should check it out. They’re doing some very highbrow, interesting stuff. Paul Rosenberg’s piece today is outstanding. What...

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At the Barber Shop

I went for a haircut today and there on the shelf was National Geographic.  There were two stories featured on the front cover. One was about the receeding glaciers, the ski areas which are no longer ski areas and then...

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The Showdown is Here

Back in December when the administration blew off the Baker-Hamilton report, I wrote the following. The Iraq Study Group put to a permanent end all the happy talk, spin, and talking points over Iraq. It’s a disaster. Even...

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Free Market Kills Cancer Patients

How could that most cherished ideal of capitalism, the “free market” ever do anyone harm? It’s the magic bullet, after all, according to conservatives, the engine of all progress, the ultimate hope for mankind....

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