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DFA organizer, Democratic Precinct Committee Officer, writer, and programmer. My op-ed pieces have appeared in the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and elsewhere. See http://WALiberals.org and http://TruthSite.org for my writing, my musical creations, and my animations.

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80 Articles, 380 Quick Links, 867 Comments, 32 Diaries, 16 Polls

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The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs

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Book review: Mark Buchanan's The Social Atom

Where are the religious protesters?

Why Abortion Isn't Murder

Why we need public financing of investigative journalism

Report on the 2010 Washington State Democratic Convention

Centrists and Progressives Fight for Control of Washington State Democrats

Name-calling works, if you can make it stick

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US Congressman Dave Reichert doesn't know what the Glass-Steagall Act is

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The Reagan Revolution Redux

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Close friendships: why so few?

Holding Dems like Baucus and Cantwell Accountable on Health Care

Are conservatives mean, greedy, and stupid? A response to Lakoff

Undividing the Left: Hard-core and Soft-core progressives

Government is like a computer's operating system: a response to libertarians

On Occupying the Democratic Party

How to stop the Tea Party: a response to Sam Harris

Washington State's Unconstitutional Initiative: I-1053

The Market for Progressive Groups and Websites

Failure to prosecute: why Obama is having trouble passing health care reform

"They're out to get us!" On trust, distrust, and organizing for change

Why Obama can't blame the GOP for his inability to pass progressive legislation

Obama, Democrats playing into Republicans' hands

Are the Democrats as bad as the Republicans? Should progressives form their own party?

Understanding political anger

Why do believers pray?

The Battle for Good Government: Why I canceled my Seattle Times subscription

Tea Party versus the Occupy Movement

Mad as Hell Doctors stop in Seattle

Democrats and Progressives Need Each Other

Blame conservatives and Obama, not all the Dems

On Punishing the Dems

The banal evil of predatory capitalism

Scary reports from Bev Harris's Black Box Voting

Coverups concerning former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel

MoveOn's plan for a mass movement

President Obama is looking forward -- to a Republican-controlled Congress

Arguing with conservatives about health care

How the Left can better market its message

Market-based competition in medical care?

A conservative's plea for low taxes and small government

Single-payer versus a strong public option: division within the progressive movement

A Political Love Story (a musical animation about Bush and Pelosi)

Horray for government! It's time to market government.

Tea Party Protests: the Real Meaning

White House spurns Mad As Hell Docs, invites "friendlier" docs

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