Month: April 2008

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeAs the nation expanded west, so did the cultivation of cotton and the institution of slavery. Historian Peter Kolchin wrote, “By breaking...

In New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, no musician has more respect and more moral authority among white working men than Bruce Springsteen. For thirty-five years he has written songs about the lives of ordinary people...

There comes a point where in any crisis, one of the principals finally gets around to admitting the actual root of the problem after months and sometimes years of ignoring it publicly.  The media finally starts reporting on...

We need one of these. What’s the news this morning?

It’s the economy, stupid. That was the famous banner in Bill Clinton’s Little Rock War Room. Once again the economy is a major issue. So is Iraq. So is health care. So are a whole host of other issues. But issues...