Month: February 2011

Back in October or November I asked you to make contributions to the upkeep and improvement of the site. More than fifty of you chipped in and I bought the services of a programmer who works for Daily Kos. Our progress has been...

The health reform law unfortunately was inadequate. It was filled with loopholes. No surprise then that Health Insurance companies are starting to exploit those loopholes to limit coverage — for children: The requirement...

I don’t keep up with these things, but I remember that a couple of years ago Donald Rumsfeld felt compelled to abort a trip to France for fear of getting prosecuted as a war criminal. Now Bush has likewise cancelled a trip...

It looks like Keith Olbermann will take a job at the Current cable television channel. I’ve never watched that channel but I have discovered that I do have it, and I have it in non-digital form. Apparently, this is rare....

It’s tough to be a Blue Dog, what with the congressional leadership (allegedly) showing them the cold shoulder, the Democratic Leadership Council shuttering its office, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) retiring. But the truth...