Month: February 2011

Update [2011-2-9 13:34:15 by Damnit Janet]: I tried to fix some errors before running off to work. Now I can’t seem to submit it. My apologies, this isn’t really a “diary” but a Hello. Dear Oui & WW...

I’m surprised that otherwise intelligent people continue to believe the myth that the media is “liberal.” I think it’s worth discussing what a liberal media would look like if we had one, so we can better...

I’ve always thought that Egypt was probably the best place in the Arab world for democracy to take root because it is the most homogenous Arab society. There isn’t a big Shi’ite minority, and there’s no...

to keep Gas Prices down and Why the Republicans are OK with that. ____________________________________________________ This is good news for John McCain (and the Republican Party in general): The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the...

You need two-thirds of the House to pass a bill under a suspension of the rules. Speaker Boehner tried and failed to get two-thirds for an extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. The roll call is interesting. There...