Author: Steven D

Sick F**k’s Rule Our Discourse

One more day, one more damning, murderous racist blast from Glen Beck “fantasizing” about the death of people not like him. In this case, President Obama: God forbid anything bad happen to the people I so love to...

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Olberman Suspension: Calling BS on GE

See update below which suggests Olbermann didn’t violate NBC’s ethics policy. *** GE, the parent company of NBC and MsNBC, has caused its subsidiaries to fire suspend Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for...

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Jobs Hell! GOP Attacks Climate

Everybody expects there will be a host of Congressional subpoenas flying as soon as the next Congress is seated to investigate — whatever. And first up to feel the wrath of the coming Republican inquisition may very well...

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To Live (or Life after the Deluge)

What is the ultimate defeat? Trust me, it is not losing an election to a bunch of ignorant right wing Tea Party know nothings. It is not a nation descending into political madness and gridlock. It is not even death. No, the...

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Centrism IS NOT the Answer

Everyone today wants to explain the what this election meant. I see a number of “centrists” like Paul Begala and Mark Penn (yes, that Mark Penn) are already claiming that the lesson of the election is that the...

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