© Matt Davies Are the Democrats spineless, or is Ralph Nader correct when he claims that they are just as beholden to corporations and the rich? Or is Obama triangulating like Clinton used to do?
© Dan Wasserman Are they playing chicken or are they just determined to drive us off a cliff?
© Matt Wuerker We’re doing everything the Republicans said we should do to create jobs. We cut taxes on the rich to the lowest they have been in 60 years, we reduced government spending, corporate profits are up. So where are the jobs?
© Keith Tucker Even business groups are asking the government to raise the debt ceiling.
Want to save money — lots of money — on homeless people? Give them free housing! The United Way of Los Angeles studied four people who had been living on the streets, then they put them into free apartments and got them access to free support services. Interestingly, it cost the government less money than […]
© Jim Morin The Republicans say that raising taxes is not allowed. Nancy Pelosi has declared that Democrats will not support cuts to Medicare or Social Security benefits. So who is going to blink first? Warren Buffett has one solution: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says […]
Juan Cole has a thoughtful piece on his blog entitled “10 Ways Arab Democracies Can Avoid American Mistakes“. In it, he encourages the new democracies emerging in the Middle East to avoid making the same mistakes that are causing so much trouble in the US. What I find ironic is that his article is really […]
I’ve often thought that our elected representatives are disconnected from reality, but I didn’t know it was this bad. Last October, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) was piloting his Cessna to Cameron County Airport in South Texas, when he decided to land on a closed runway. The closure was reported in NOTAM (Notices to Airmen) but […]
© Matt Wuerker So when will we learn to not get into any more wars? Libya I can almost understand, but we never should have taken on either Iraq or Afghanistan.
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[Reprinted from The Serum Magazine.] Candidate What’s gone right What’s gone wrong Would definitely win nomination if… Mitt Romney Still zero bad hair days, lifetime Despite Romney’s tough rhetoric, Obama has not yet conceded office to him …elections were hosted by AmIHotOrNot.com Rick Perry Everybody hates all the actual candidates He will eventually have to […]
Democratic Senator Max Backus is a hypocrite: Back when he presided over the Senate’s health care reform debate, Max Baucus, chairman of the all-powerful Senate Finance Committee, had said everything was on the table — except for single-payer universal health care. When doctors, nurses, and others rose in his hearing to insist that single payer […]
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Around 38 US states have adopted “fetal homicide” laws that were intended to protect pregnant women and their unborn children from attacks from third parties (such as abusive partners). But these laws are increasingly being used to prosecute the women themselves. For example: A pregnant woman in Indiana became despondent after her boyfriend abandoned her […]
After New York became the latest — and most populous — state to legalize gay marriage, there were jubilant celebrations with parades, parties, and general taking of the name “gay” seriously. But has anyone noticed that the reaction from conservatives? You could be excused if you haven’t. For example, David Frum (a former speechwriter for […]
We have all heard about scholarship programs for minority or underprivileged students, so why does this story from Texas make us feel uncomfortable? After all, technically whites are a minority in Texas. Transcript: Brendan Baird is studying to become a physician’s assistant; a $500 academic scholarship will help pay the way. He had to demonstrate […]
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Scientists have been trying to figure out the psychological differences between liberals and conservatives, and a new study adds an interesting theory. Earlier work by Jonathan Haidt showed that almost everyone in the world, regardless of culture, has five moral instincts: fairness, not harming others, group loyalty, respect for authority, and purity. But liberals emphasize […]
