I don’t care about Mark Sanford’s affair. I care about the number of people in his state who have been harmed by his refusal to accept federal funding for the continuance of unemployment benefits and school repair. I don’t care that the White House press corps is full of spoiled children who are objecting to …
Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was published in 2005. After translation from Swedish to English by Reg Keeland, it was published in the UK and the US in 2008 and has won several awards and much acclaim. I finished it last night. It’s quite a tale. It opens in a …
Or so says Matt Yglesias. During the Prez’s press conference today, answering a question about public health plans: OBAMA:…here?s a public option that?s not profit-driven, that can keep down administrative costs, and that provides you good, quality care for a reasonable price as one of the options for you to choose, I think that makes …
Christine Lavin and Peter Paul & Mary sang that when they played softball, right field was their position. Thinking on it, when I was a little kid, we always put the lousiest player out there too. It wasn’t until we got into organized ball that we learned that we needed the kid with the good …
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Some fathers are a little more, um, troublesome than the ones Judy Collins sings about below:
Collins doesn’t get as much respect as she deserves. Here’s one of her best songs. Happy Father’s Day.
Maybe these results will help get the Blue Dogs to see reason (I’ve given up on bipartisanship, and so should Obama and the Dems). Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private …
Listening to Mitch McConnell babble on today’s Republican radio address, I was once again struck by how few solutions they have for America’s problems. On health care, it’s tort reform so doctors don’t get sued for malpractice. On the economy, it’s tax cuts. On foreign policy, it’s blow things up in whatever country is not …
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Yikes! Nestl? USA recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough Friday after health officials linked the dough to infections from the bacteria E. coli in as many as 66 people in 28 states. The Food and Drug Administration advised consumers to throw out any Nestl? refrigerated cookie dough they may have. Although cooking may kill …