Month: October 2010

Steve Benen: Republicans exist, in other words, to (a) cut taxes; and (b) prevent tax increases. It’s a shallow, destructive charade, but that probably won’t matter on Tuesday. No, it probably won’t matter....

My daughter is scared. Scared enough that she thinks we should move to Canada. Let me explain to you why she came to that conclusion to the best of my ability. But first let me tell you a little something about her so you can...

The polling is just brutal. It kind of makes it hard to want to get out of bed in the morning. What’s really frustrating to see is results like this from Pennsylvania: • PA-Sen, PA-Gov (Ipsos for Reuters): Joe Sestak (D)...

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? – Mohandas Gandhi One of the more...

The curbstomper says he stomped his foot down on a defenseless woman’s face because he has a bad back and therefore (I guess) couldn’t lean over and bash her skull into the pavement. It kind of fits in with...