A country’s highest elected representative warns its most important judicial body that their review of a controversial piece of legislation against the terms of the constitution is judicial activism and an attack by an unelected body on the needs of his government. He promises to set up a judicial review to look at and, potentially, […]
Archive | April 2, 2012
Heads up, Denver: Hot Coffee director in town for Wednesday night screening
American propagandists and PR hacks have developed remarkably innovative ways of making words lie. Back in the ’80s we had “freedom fighters,” which was the way we described death squads who were friendly to America. “Pro-life” can be used to describe those who bomb clinics and murder physicians. “Enhanced interrogation,” of course, means “torture.” And […]
Postcard from the End of the Earth? Galapagos
On Thursday at 1 a.m., my wife and I arrived home from the Galapagos Islands. As anyone who has read this series knows, I have a morbid fascination with what lies at the end of the road. Who is there? Why? How did they get there? Why does our societal centrifuge pull some people into […]
War. On. Everything: the Republican prescription for America isn't safe for anyone
[NSFW WARNING: Graphic content. You do NOT want to see the images here, but I think maybe you should.] I’ve been wanting to write something deep, something analytical, something based on solid policy on the subject of the Republican war on everything, especially women and the poor, and just haven’t been able to do it. […]
It's not the mandate that's the fatal flaw in the Affordable Care Act
Without addressing the existing cost of premiums, the Affordable Care Act fails to address the central healthcare concern of middle-class America.
S&R Honors
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- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
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- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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wufnik: Thanks Jim. I haven't read the Danto book, but I s…
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Lex: I'm glad i'm not a Progressive, because not being …
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Jim Booth: Wonderful piece, Wufnik. I'm currently reading Art…
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Fnay: Having recently put three kids through college (tw…
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satanicpanic: I've thought about this myself. Other than needin…
