Author: Steven D

Open Thread

Something terribly important must be happening today, but I have errands to run and past due bills to pay, so I no idea what those terribly important things may be. But perhaps you do. If so, please kindly inform the rest of us....

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How Close are the Turks & Kurds to War?

Pretty damn close, I’d say: ANKARA, June 4 (RIA Novosti) – Turkish foreign minister Monday defended his country’s right to move into neighboring Iraq to destroy separatist bases there as eight soldiers died in...

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Paul Krugman on Obama’s Health Care Plan

How’s this for a first sentence from today’s column in the NY Times by Paul Krugman: One of the lessons journalists should have learned from the 2000 election campaign is that what a candidate says about policy isn’t...

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Update: My Response to My Dad

Earlier I posted this story asking for your help in responding to an email my father received regarding a particularly virulent anti-immigration screed attributed to former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm. Thanks to your gracious...

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