Author: Steven D

Things That Don’t Surprise Me

Today’s example? The explosive increase in the rate of hate groups on the right this last year as reported in a study conducted by The Southern Poverty Law Center (via Think Progress): The radical right caught fire last...

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Should Bush go to France?

That question apples not only to former President Bush, but also Cheney, Rumsfeld, Yoo, Bybee, Addington, Rice and and all the other knowing participants who plotted to start an illegal, aggressive war and use torture...

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Bank De-Regulation is Killing US

Ask yourself the following: If the de-regulation of Banks (topped by the repeal of the New Deal legislation known as the Glass Steagall Act by a coalition of Republicans and DLC Democrats) and financial institutions and the...

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Another School Shooting in Colorado

Thankfully this time it was not at the level of Columbine, but two children were wounded when an adult male fired into a crowd of kids as Deer Creek Middle School (3 miles from Columbine High) was getting out. Two people were...

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Question for the Day

Why do you think Obama didn’t even put include a weakened version of the public option in his administration’s personal “health care” plan? Curious minds (well, at least one of them) want to know.* * BTW...

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