With the enthusiasm and attention being paid to this year's election, I find it increasingly odd the way America's new-found interest in such a fundamental feature of our democracy is being characterized by the corporate "news" media. On this morning's...
Very few American norms are as damaging to the healthy functioning of our republic than an over-reliance on precedent in charting our future course. We must examine past decisions to learn lessons on how we might make different choices moving...
killing precedent
I am not sure how relevant it will be, but one quote leaped out at me from last night's "debate" show. It came near the end as each outlined their plans for Iraq and how they would differ from the...
The Commanders on the Ground
That would be my first question of Henry "Hank" Paulson as he tries to railroad this country into a bad deal. Those would be quickly followed by a few others: Who's getting fired? Who's going to jail? What regulations will...
What are we getting for our 700 billion dollars?
There is a lot of movement among voters this year. Republicans spitting one last time in disgust before tearing up their card and becoming democrats. Independents who needed to register democrat to vote for their candidate in the primary. New...
Why I Hate Being A Republican – Yet Joined The Party Anyway.
A front-page article on TPM "explains" how Obama seems to be running from "who he is" by playing to small crowds in small town libraries and gymnasiums. That Barack needs to embrace his true identity as a "celebrity" as being...
Preaching to the Choir
There seems to be a lot of emphasis on party lines this year from the democratic side of the house. I hear a lot of words used interchangably that are perhaps an oversimplification of the voting public this year. Liberal...