Month: August 2009

WaPo is Now Totally Worthless

It’s hard to exaggerate how much damage the Washington Post does when it trades its credibility for right-wing shillery. The problem is that the Post maintains a residual credibility even when it drops even the most...

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Reflections on My Senate Diary

Looking through the comments to my diary at Big Orange I am struck by how the overwhelming response assumes I am addressing why we are having difficulty passing health care reform through the Senate. I suppose I submitted my...

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Still Bitter About Bork

I don’t know how any reasonable person can look back at the nomination of Robert Bork and be anything but grateful beyond words that he wasn’t confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But, these people exist. I don’t...

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The GOP, Not the Senate, is Broken

It gets boring constantly beating on the Republican Party for their racism and general intolerance, but it’s an important feature of our national political landscape. The occasion of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death is an...

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Why Are We in Colombia?

You may have missed this item, but the US and Colombia have recently agreed to station more US troops in Columbia. That’s right, I said more. Not only have we been arming the Colombian military for years, a military force...

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