Month: October 2009

Casual Observation

As was inevitable, my little rant led to some confusion. The key issue is that a huge segment of the progressive blogosphere took offense and being told to put on some work clothes and stop expecting the administration to...

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Can I Vent?

Yesterday was probably the most embarrassing day yet for the progressive blogosphere during the short reign of the Obama administration. So, now is probably a good time to just let loose and register my disgust with the movement...

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We’re On the Cusp

Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery have a damn good roundup in the Washington Post of the state of play for health care reform on the eve of the big vote in the Senate Finance Committee. If you don’t feel like you have a...

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Mission Still Unaccomplished

Recent commentaries by both Glenn Greenwald and Phil Weiss have highlighted a recent quote by Leslie Gelb, a leader of the Foreign Policy establishment who cheerled the war on Iraq: My initial support for the war [in Iraq] was...

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