Month: September 2010

Peter Daou is a pretty smart dude, and he usually has an interesting take on how the progressive blogosphere interacts with the political establishment. I agree with him about one thing. The blogosphere may not have the biggest...

The Obama Derangement Syndrome has reached Stage Four when Jane Hamsher blames the president for not supporting Blanche Lincoln sufficiently. …Lincoln’s vote for his health care bill cost her dearly, and without Specter’s...

Howard Dean joins the whinefest: Addressing a telling moment in the health care debate, when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (a frequent Dean critic) called out progressive activists for running ads against conservative...

It ought to be considered extraordinary that the Republicans’ response to the budget concerns of the Tea Partiers is to increase the public debt. Republican leaders have heard the public’s anger at Washington, and...

The last three and a half decades have seen a disturbing increase in inequality in the U.S.  The wealthiest Americans have made significant income and wealth gains, while the rest of us have treaded water at best.  And...