I guess I'm less than convinced that in this period of Republican extremism, the House GOP's frivolous lawsuit against Obama is going to come back and bite them, certainly not to the point of being "politically disastrous." Those who hate Obama love it. Those who hate...
It just occurred to me that my daily output at Raw Story would make for a damn fine Pynchon novel: Pro-choice satanists align with bare-breasted anti-gun advocates and a liberal.
Whoa -- I didn't see this coming. I agree that it's a good trade for both teams. The A's get an ace starter not only for the postseason but for.
Yesterday's decision by National Labor Relations Board general counsel Richard Griffin declaring corporations joint employers of the workers in their franchises is a big, big deal. Couple of key rundowns from Steven Greenhouse, Alec MacGillis, and Seth Michaels. Effectively, Obama's NLRB has moved the needle significantly...
A good contrast to Mississippi is the lovely bluegrass state. Kentucky's governor is Steve Beshear, who is not particularly progressive but is nonetheless a Democrat. As a result, the state.
"First world problems" is a well-known internet meme. I'd like to suggest a subcategory of the genre, Ivy League problems, which, rather than reflecting American upper middle class angst in.
Krugman draws some conclusions from California, where the ACA was permitted to work as intended: So it now appears that most of California’s uninsured — 58 percent of the total, or well over 60 percent of those eligible (because undocumented immigrants aren’t covered) have gained insurance...
One album I recommend very highly is Lydia Loveless' Somewhere Else. This young, talented singer from Ohio is definitely someone to check out if you haven't yet. If you haven't.
Living in Rhode Island, with one of the nation's worst brewing scenes, the answer is absolutely not, but even when I am in paradise Oregon, the answer is still no. Yet some are concerned. Located off Rhode Island’s coast, the Atlantic Ocean isle is filled with...
I'm certainly interested in Rick Perlstein's new book, although who knows when I will have time to read it. While it sounds like he probably gives more transformative agency to.
Tyler Cowen's solutions to poverty would not have been original in 1890: You and other thinkers on the right have proposed that cultural factors play a large role in the.