Thursday, December 20, 2012
© Clay Bennett How did America react to the shootings? By buying up assault weapons in record numbers in anticipation of tougher gun laws.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
© Tony Auth Is social media really changing what is politically possible? I hope so.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
© Matt Bors Ironically, suggesting that we not talk about guns in the wake of a massacre is just as political as talking about them.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Is it my imagination, or do we seem to be having a spate of random and largely unexplained massacres lately? They are horrible, and I think that there are things we can do to prevent them in the future. But I’m afraid that we are unable or unwilling to have a reasonable conversation about how […]
Saturday, December 15, 2012
© Drew Sheneman How can anyone believe there is a war on Christmas? I’ve been inundated with Christmas songs, decorations, and everything else for weeks already. If there is a war on Christmas, it is the effort to turn it into a consumer extravaganza, rather than a religious holiday.
Friday, December 14, 2012
© Clay Bennett Taxes are at historic lows since WWII. And we did pretty well while taxes were high. Why is letting them go back up to where they were during the Clinton administration such a issue? Yes, our population is aging, and this will be a problem for Social Security and Medicare, but the […]
Thursday, December 13, 2012
© Brian McFadden What other horrible and frightening things will happen when we legalize the demon weed? Let’s find out!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
© Matt Bors Obama may have won the election, but that is not the end of the story. We have to keep up the pressure on all our politicians — not just Obama but Congress too — to do the right thing. For example, right now a strong majority of Americans want the Bush tax […]
Monday, December 10, 2012
© Tony Auth Republicans have already broken Grover Norquist’s pledge by offering to close tax loopholes, so why are they so dead set against letting the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire? Those tax cuts were never supposed to be permanent, and there are many wealthy people who think their taxes should go up. […]
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Great (and short) blog post from George Takai — “Tax Me, Please“.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I’m still shaking my head about this one. Can’t decide if it was intentional or accidental.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Public interview with Nate Silver at Google: It’s long, but even just watching the first part is interesting.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Here’s what I think will happen with the (poorly named) “fiscal cliff”. Or at least what the Democrats should do. This assumes the Republicans refuse to compromise (or don’t even make a counter-offer to Obama’s offer). We go over the fiscal cliff. Nothing happens, at least not immediately. I think the markets are already prepared […]
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Roger Ailes [Fox News] has helped kill conservatism in America, by never allowing it to criticize itself. When journalism puts power above truth it isn’t, to coin a phrase, “actual journalism”. It’s propaganda. — Andrew Sullivan UPDATE: While longer than Sullivan’s quote, Bruce Bartlett has a must-read piece in American Conservative called “Revenge of the […]
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Friday, November 30, 2012
© Brian McFadden Campaign finance reform won’t be enough to eliminate rampant special interest influence and corruption, as long as we have such a huge revolving door between Congress and lobbying firms.
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