Month: November 2010

I guess Lindsey Graham has been elected the new point man in the Senate to blame Obama if Iran ever gets nukes. No other reason I can think of exists for his latest saber rattling exercise in which he practically demands that...

Booman wrote a thoughtful piece on this site some time ago about winning the argument (I don’t remember if that’s exactly what he called it).  But the point was that there are certain issues, like voting rights,...

Here’s what I don’t get. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Sunday that Democrats “just didn’t get the message from the voters this election” if they make Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...

How’s that Reagan Revolution working out for you? The richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of income, up from almost 9 percent in 1976. As Timothy Noah of Slate noted in an excellent series on...

From reporting I’ve read, Rahm Emanuel did not want to tackle health care at all. He wanted to focus on jobs. That was a recomendation that didn’t sit well with progressives, and they criticized Emaunel for it...