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SHARE Saturday, September 12, 2009 Why Jews are liberals and Norman Podhoretz is wrong as usual
Norman Podhoretz began his political life on the Trotskyite left but swung sharply to the right and edited the conservative magazine Commentary for more than three decades. His latest book is called "Why Are Jews Liberals?", and he published a few thoughts on the subject in the Wall Street Journal this week.
(14 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Not Just Exxon: The Entire Oil and Gas Industry Knew The Truth About Climate Change 35 Years Ago.
it wasn't just Exxon, but the entire oil and gas industry through its mouthpiece, the American Petroleum Institute, that collaborated to perpetuate the denial and "uncertainty" charade, to soak in as much money for themselves as possible at the expense of the rest of us and all future generations who would have to live through the consequences of their deception:
(18 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 17, 2011 Mass Mobilization to Save Workers' Rights: From the Front Lines in WI
Wisconsin is in the middle of a massive popular uprising. Last Friday, our newly elected Tea-Party governor, Scott Walker, introduced a "budget repair bill" clearly aimed not at fixing our budget at all, but at eliminating public sector unions in Wisconsin.
This is a naked power grab designed to make the current right-wing control of our state government permanent. Only unions endorsing walker were exempted.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 17, 2018 Don Jr.'s wife reportedly hired a criminal attorney to represent her in their divorce case
Vanessa Trump has filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr. in New York. Gossip site Page Six has reported that Vanessa made a curious legal hire to represent her--White Plains, NY-based criminal defense lawyer David Feureisen. The former couple say the divorce will be uncontested, which makes this hire even more curious.
SHARE Friday, January 4, 2019 Mitt Romney Folds, Announces Support For Wall
While Romney's lack of courage and conviction is hardly surprising, it's still a bit of a disappointment for anyone holding out just a sliver of hope that he had actually grown a backbone. But at least there's a silver lining: we no longer have to waste time and energy taking him seriously.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 15, 2019 Donald Trump is a deeply stupid man who routinely gets his ass kicked on the world stage
Republican presidents are dangerous to national and world security, but none more than Trump. By breaking the deal with Iran, Trump gave Iran the incentive to resume its arms program, which they have done. Which makes the world less safe. Because that's what Trump's ineptitude does: make the world less safe.
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 20, 2015 The Nerds Weigh In On the DNC 'Data Breach'
This whole thing stinks, it stinks because the co-owner of NGP VAN was Clinton's chief technology officer for her 2008 campaign.
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 10, 2015 Sarah Palin confounds Rachel Maddow: "Tell me what this means"
It's tough to be anything other than baffled at Sarah Palin's words. Yet Palin's thought process must be examined, as it represents a substantial portion of today's body politic. Maybe if we figure out how she rings others' bells, we might be able to un-ring them -- permanently.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, September 29, 2014 Stunning Op-Ed in NYT: How Israel Silences Dissent
it's not every day that we see the New York Times, of all publications, publish such a damning illustration of the current political climate in this so-called pluralistic democracy when it comes to tolerating dissent on the issue of Palestinian rights and sovereignty.
The situation inside of Israel for those who dare to speak out against the state's tactics against the Palestinians is nothing short of dire:
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, July 1, 2013 Ed Snowden Reveals His Nuclear Option
It seems that Ed Snowden has guaranteed that he will not be silenced - or, rather, that the information he gathered on the NSA's (constitutionally-questionable) spying activities will not be buried. No matter what happens to him, the info will be made public.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, November 18, 2013 This Is How The Middle Class Dies
While the media's talking heads rent their garments in phony outrage, Republicans crowed with delight, and so-called Democrats wrung their hands and pointed fingers about the troubled launch of the Affordable Care Act, a starker example of our country's frightening economic trajectory manifested itself in Seattle this week.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 19, 2012 ALEC Sends Out an SOS to Breitbart Bloggers
Shortly after issuing a press release announcing that it was disbanding its "Public Safety and Elections Task Force" after 30 years, theAmerican Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held a training for the right-wing blogosphere.
(44 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Couric's anti-vaccination segment a symptom of wider scientific illiteracy
Because Katie Couric did a show giving voice to meritless anti-vaccine forces, people are going to die. You really can't get around that; the deaths may be decades from now, and the links from here to there may never be recognized even by the people around whom the threads are tied, but somewhere in the Katie Couric audience there are going to be people who are not going to vaccinate their children against a deadly disease
SHARE Friday, May 18, 2018 A Michael Cohen breaking point? "I just can't take this anymore," he tells friends
Imagine Cohen watching this unfold in real time, largely isolated, as Trump and his hatchet man Rudy Giuliani repeatedly undercut Cohen's entire defense. As he watched the news unfold in his hotel room in Philadelphia over the weekend, he evidenced some exasperation. He has confided in friends, "I just can't take this anymore."
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 28, 2012 The stunning truth about healthcare pricing
Healthcare costs are neither realistic nor consistent. Americans purchase insurance with the expectation of getting reduced out-of-pocket healthcare costs, but instead pay more than they would if they just paid cash -- sometimes, much, much more.