Month: June 2014

Serious Questions

Do you consider yourself a “solid liberal”? Do you think of yourself as a “typical American”? Are you proud to be an American? I’d answer a yes to each question, although reserving the right to...

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Unanimous Decisions Carry More Weight

The fact that the Supreme Court’s ruling against buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts was unanimous makes it more difficult for people to make a political argument against it. Obviously, many people are...

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Casual Observation

Speaking of stupid, Speaker Boehner’s announcement that he plans to sue the president is so stupid that I haven’t even felt the need to comment on it. If this keeps up, we can change the name of the Democratic Party...

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Mocking the Stupid

Politico has noticed a new mocking tone that the president is adopting on the stump to ridicule science-denying Republicans. The sarcastic bear is loose, and he’s loving every minute of it. President Barack Obama is letting his...

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How to Choose Your Party Convention Site

I don’t agree with Jonathan Bernstein that it doesn’t matter whether the Republicans choose to hold their 2016 convention in Dallas or Cleveland, and that the locations of conventions have no potential impact on...

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