April 11, 2014
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More than a decade after Leno and Letterman slugged it out to succeed Carson, and four years after Leno and O’Brien feuded, the late night TV wars are back. This time right-wingers are bringing the hostility and hilarity. Continue reading
April 11, 2014
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With the passage of Rep. Paul Ryan’s latest austerian budget, the GOP has spelled out very clearly what they want to do to America. It’s not a threat, but a promise that Americans must make sure Republicans never have the power to fulfill. Continue reading
April 4, 2014
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This was a make or break week for Obamacare, with the enrollment deadline looming and a major goal hanging in the balance. Obamacare made good on the goal of 7 million sign-ups, and broke right-wingers tenuous grip with reality. Continue reading
April 2, 2014
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As Obamacare achieved seven million signups, and record public support, Republicans wer stuck with “ConsevraCare” alternatives, where the all features are bugs. No wonder they’ve entered the “truther” phase of their opposition. Continue reading
March 31, 2014
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The Republican 2016 presidential primary season opened with the “Sheldon Adelson Primary.” A billionaire political boss doesn’t wait for the official GOP primary season to start. He holds his own primary. Continue reading
March 28, 2014
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This week, they didn’t come any nuttier than Americans For Prosperity’s Jennifer Stefano, who clashed with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. There was enough good news for Obamacare to drive right-wingers around the bend. Stephano didn’t hold back. Continue reading
March 25, 2014
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Millions of Americans put off a visit to the dentist because of the increasing cost of dental care. Last year, I became one of them. In pain, and in need of emergency dental care, I was shocked to find out how little my dental insurance covered. Continue reading
March 21, 2014
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It’s been a rough week for two of the GOP’s leading lights. Tumultuous town halls showed that two of conservatism’s biggest stars, Paul Ryan and Chris Christie, may be crashing to earth, and taking the GOP’s 2016 hopes with them. Continue reading
March 21, 2014
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March Madness is upon us, in more ways than one. We know that right-wingers will howl with outrage over anything President Obama does. So it’s no surprise that conservatives are freaking out over President Obama’s March Madness picks. Continue reading
March 12, 2014
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Fox News host Stuart Varney worked himself into a later because states are finding ways to feed the poor, despite food stamp cuts. It truly must be seen to be believed. Only a conservative like Varney — and possibly Paul … Continue reading
March 12, 2014
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At CPAC, Sarah Palin ripped off a chain email, mangled “Green Eggs and Ham,” and declared that “Yes we can” has become “No we can’t” under Obamacare. Here are a few things Obamacare can do, and will do, that conservatives can’t or won’t. Continue reading
March 7, 2014
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Paul Ryan says that “the left” is offering Americans “a full stomach and an empty soul.” The truth is that conservatives like Paul Ryan are offering Americans empty stomachs and empty rhetoric. The American people want more than that.
March 6, 2014
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In his latest attack on the poor, Rep. Paul Ryan repeats the old conservative trope that the “breakdown of the family” is the main cause of poverty. Ryan has it backwards. Continue reading
March 3, 2014
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I’m not sure I agree with this expert entirely, especially in this particular situation. I think a lot of what Robert W. Fuller has written about “Somebodies and Nobodies,” and what he calls “rankism” applies here. In a sense, Kelly … Continue reading
February 28, 2014
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Arizona and Uganda are nine thousand miles apart, but they were side by side in the news this week, due to extremist anti-gay laws that spring from and are supported by the religious right. Continue reading
February 21, 2014
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It’s been another rough week on the right. It looks like a high-profile GOP governor, and potential 2016 presidential contender could be brought low by a trove of scandalous emails. And it’s not Chris Christie. Continue reading
February 21, 2014
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Even before Michael Dunn encountered Jordan Davis and his friends, he was primed to see young black men as dangerous “thugs” that should be eliminated, and empowered by right-wing culture to believe he had the absolute right to do so. Continue reading
February 20, 2014
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Clarence Thomas says that Americans are too sensitive about race. The killing of Jordan Davis, and a jury’s failure to convict his killer, speaks volumes about the true state of America’s racial sensitivity, and indifference to the lives of young black men. Continue reading
February 14, 2014
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It’s Valentine’s Day, but there’s not a lot of love on the right, even for some of their own. There’s no love even for millions of schoolchildren, who will get valentines from their classmates today. Continue reading
February 12, 2014
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As of Monday night, a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,brave, clean, reverent, gay, and can even achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Unbeknownst to me, sometime last night Boy Scout Troop 52 announced that 17-year-old Pascal Tessier … Continue reading