Month: October 2008

An Enduring Majority

A lot of Republican pundits are upset that there were no questions last night about abortion or gays or prayer in school or the war on Christmas. But, think about it. As George Packer asks: When will the class war ever finally...

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Wingnut Emails Have Suddenly Stopped

Note – around 3 hours after I posted this, I received a “reply” from one of the people I reference in the diary below. I have copied his email to me verbatim to show you the lunacy of some people (not to...

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Deep Thought (Maverick ed.)

I don’t think Johnny Mac and Pitbull Palin have a clue as to the origin of the word Maverick. ā€œI’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,ā€ said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries...

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Countdown to Meltdown 2008

I’ve been remiss in posting here for a while, in part because of work (which is something that involved very little writing, unfortunately). So, to make up for it I wanted to share something I’ve been working on at...

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Attack of the Attackers

Sorry if this bursts your comfort bubble…I’ve given some talks this year…talks that could accurately be described as “challenging” to those not part of a minute militant minority (see below link)....

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