It looks increasingly like the House Republicans are on a suicide mission. It’s like they are hell-bent on making an amphibious landing on some beachhead against entrenched machine gun nests and heavy artillery fire...
Read MoreRemember when I said that President Obama was going to receive severe criticism for standing up to his own foreign policy establishment? The neo-cons are honing their critiques. William Kristol was on CSPAN this morning blasting...
Read MoreSeptember 12th marks the anniversary of the death of one of South Africa’s most prolific and pioneering anti-Apartheid activists, Stephen Bantu Biko. Biko rose to prominence as a student leader whilst at university,...
Read MoreThe math looks good for NYC mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio. Sen. Ed Markey is fighting for your phone privacy. Coal mining companies are losing in court? In Tennessee? Crossing the Atlantic with a cluster of helium-filled...
Read MoreThe Republicans have “no idea” how there are going to manage to raise the debt ceiling. We really ought to start thinking about what that means. Because it’s really simple to raise the debt ceiling. It’s...
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