Month: December 2010

A Holiday Message from a Progressive

A quote for the season: Nature was not something outside the human world. The reverse is true. Nature is the real world, and humanity exists on islands within it. Consider the acceptance of humility in that statement that...

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The Biggest Political Moment of 2010

What was the top political moment of 2010? I don’t know. Personally, I would go with Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologizing to BP executives for the president being critical of their company and strong-arming them into setting...

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Can Dems Win in the South?

The Hill talked to southern Democrats to get their ideas about why the party isn’t doing well in the South. But it doesn’t seem to me like they really hit on any solutions (unless you consider running as an...

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Hating Progressives

Michael Barone actually thinks that President Obama is on track to win a second term, but he still can’t help himself: Obama came to office with the assumption that economic distress would increase support for his policies...

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Idle Thoughts

Martha Stewart’s Mac and Cheese really is pretty awesome. We have enough ingredients to make a second dish of it, but we may all have coronaries before the New Year. They postponed the Eagles-Vikings game tonight to...

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