Month: April 2011

A Rant About The Failure of Nat’l Democrats

Earlier today I wrote this diary about the failure of large environmental lobbyist groups and Democrats to speak out about the dangers of climate change because they were told (by Frank “Fricking” Luntz for gawdsake)...

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Digital Subscriptions to The Huffington Post

So take that, NYT! Today marks a significant transition for The Huffington Post Media Group, as we introduce digital subscriptions for employees of The New York Times. It’s an important step that we hope you will see as an...

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Marco Rubio Will Be Veep Candidate

There’s a simple reason why the Republicans will probably put Florida Senator Marco Rubio on their ticket as the vice-presidential candidate. It’s not because he’s well-qualified, because he isn’t, or...

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Lies Thrive When Climate Activists are Silent

When Al Gore was actively promoting awareness of the Inconvenient truth of climate change, by 2008 nearly two thirds of Americans when polled on the question said they worried “a great deal or a fair amount” about...

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Multi-Dimensional Chess

This raises an obvious question: Senate Republicans are growing impatient with the stalemate over 2011 funding levels and want to save their political capital for a debate on the debt limit and entitlement reform. But they must...

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