Month: October 2009

Trying to Talk Reasonably on Health Reform

I am as guilty as anyone of occasionally using some white-hot rhetoric that probably does nothing to convince the undecided or convert opponents. It’s mainly a feature of frustration combined with a feeling that the other...

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Muddled Outrage

One thing that comes to mind in reading Glenn Greenwald’s latest takedown of the Washington Post is that the conservatives at the Post don’t live up to their own creed. In essence, conservatives believe that people...

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The Pot is Boiling (expanded)

It’s not easy to kill a President. The Secret Service protects them pretty well. Yet, that doesn’t seem to be stopping the “Who will rid us of this meddlesome negro?” crowd this past week. They have been...

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