Month: March 2011

It must be nice to have the kind of party unity that Republicans enjoy. And they don’t really care if they get reelected so long as they advance the cause. They’re like worker bees or ants or something. I admire...

I know many of you read the title to this diary and asked yourself “Why?” Why would the Koch Brothers have an interest in maintaining huge trade imbalances? Well read on and you’ll learn why, and trust me the...

Kudos to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn for making the state’s death penalty moratorium permanent. It’s about time. Illinois has become the 16th US state to abolish the death penalty, after the governor signed a bill...

I won the Iowa Caucuses and all I got was a crappy television show: Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) might win the Iowa caucuses. He is spending plenty of time there, and GOP caucus-goers are of the same mind as the...

Chances are that Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is going to be the Republican nominee to take over retiring Sen. Jon Kyl’s seat in Congress. I think we should make sure to file this away for future use: [Maricopa County Sheriff...