Month: May 2012

Too Broken To Fix

Americans Elect announced their intentions with some basic boilerplate: American voters are tired of politics as usual. They want leaders that will put their country before their party, and American interests before special...

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The Worst Party Since the Civil War

When Steve Benen said that last year’s debt ceiling fiasco was the worst thing an American political party has done since the Civil War, it got me thinking. The Palmer Raids were more an executive branch thing than a...

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For Once, I Can Do This

What Krugman said: Well, there actually is a large constituency in America for a political leader who is willing to take responsible positions — to call for more investment in the nation’s education and infrastructure, to...

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Same-Sex Marriage & States’ Rights

Don’t read E. J. Graff’s new column, “What Straight Allies Need To Understand about Gay Marriage and States’ Rights”, because she’s longtime lesbian activist.  Don’t read it because...

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