Month: July 2011

I know, it’s shocking that the Norway shooter wasn’t an agnostic, wasn’t a liberal, and wasn’t a Muslim. Nope, he was a racist, fundamentalist Christian. Maybe we should wage a war on them? It...

As the news from Somalia worsens and the shock from the Norway attacks sinks in, its easy to become a bit of a bad news junky. However in recent times there have been a few signs that there may be light at the end of the tunnel...

Cross posted at ThePeople’s View. Forty years after the Powell memo outlined a plan for right wing power in America, the permanent Republican majority is in sight. The packed Supreme Court seems ready to invalidate the...

I have to compliment the beautiful construction of Ezra Klein’s lede: It always feels different in the room. In the room, everyone wants a deal. They want their name on legislation, in history books. They want to do the...

. Homeland Security in the US and Europe had warned for right-wing extremism and terror attacks. Everyone watched the loners shoot to kill individual politicians, liberal church leaders or just opponents of their...