Month: July 2010

Lot’s of people saw Barack Obama as the smartest, coolest dude to assume the office of the Presidency.  I’ve had my doubts from the beginning (look at the poor cabinet and administration he put together; he even...

The topic below was originally posted on Sunday, July 11th, on my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal. I’ve been a loyal Democrat and devoted liberal my entire life. Even as a teenager when Reagan was popular with my...

In his latest column, David Brooks makes the case that books are better than the Internet. This is hardly a revolutionary claim, but the arguments Brooks uses to back up the claim are disturbing and indicative of the heart of...

First, warning this is an unpolished RANT against the Democrats along with the progressives and liberals. Second, I do not subscribe to the theory of passive aggression, rather I subscribe to hit em in the mouth and kick their...

Peter Beinart’s take on Alterman’s piece is kind of interesting. Two things stuck out for me. The first was this: It’s true that the filibuster is used more often today than during FDR and LBJ’s time, but back then,...