Month: August 2009

Three of the top recommended diaries at Daily Kos right now are about sponsors pulling their support for Glenn Beck’s television show on FOX News. Geico, Sargento Cheese, and Men’s Wearhouse have all dropped Glenn...

. False Republican claims about President Barack Obama’s health-care initiative, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s demagogic charge about a “death panel,” are part of a pattern of systematic...

Looking at an Iowan take on the 2012 Republican presidential race, I’m struck by how implausible all ten of the proposed candidates are. I mean, Chuck Grassley, Bobby Jindal? Seriously? And they’re probably the pick...

Another day, another town hall meeting full of lunatics. It’s going to be a long, long recess. Fortunately, no ‘real Americans’ are opposed to health care reform. What’s gnawing at you? Update [2009-8-11...

A panel of federal judges has ruled that conditions in California’s overcrowded prisons violate the constitution. Quoting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s words from 2006, the court found that "immediate action...