Oh boy, what a maroon! Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) abruptly resigned today after it was revealed that he was responding to personal ads on Craig’s List but lying about his age, occupation, and marital status. This is abnormal...
Read MoreI’ll admit that my instinctual reaction to learning that WikiLeaks had access to a ton of supposedly classified information from the State Department, and that they intended to make that material available on the internet,...
Read MoreI’ve always thought that Egypt was probably the best place in the Arab world for democracy to take root because it is the most homogenous Arab society. There isn’t a big Shi’ite minority, and there’s no...
Read MoreYou need two-thirds of the House to pass a bill under a suspension of the rules. Speaker Boehner tried and failed to get two-thirds for an extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. The roll call is interesting. There...
Read MoreBack in October or November I asked you to make contributions to the upkeep and improvement of the site. More than fifty of you chipped in and I bought the services of a programmer who works for Daily Kos. Our progress has been...
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