“I’m pro-choice, I’m pro-gay rights,” Giuliani said.By Martin Bosworth —CNN.com Inside Politics, May 2, 1999. Giuliani has described himself as a backer of civil unions and is frequently described that way in […]
A Karl Rove Quotabull
I don’t see Dick Cheney’s leadership in running a construction and oil service company to be a problem at all when compared to [the Clinton] administration’s failure to have a comprehensive energy […]
“Faith-based investing” and total economic collapse
By Martin Bosworth In looking at the various examples of bad economic news over the last few days, I’ve been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market […]
FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress
By Martin Bosworth I’m still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled King George to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans’ privacy yet–legalizing an illegal program, and making […]
Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote
By Martin Bosworth What an absolute disgrace this is: The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government’s terrorist surveillance laws, approving […]
Breeding for Christ, conservatism and consumerism
By Martin Bosworth An interesting piece came across my desk the other day that paints a chilling picture of how strong the religious right’s death grip is on American culture and politics…and […]
You remember me yarping about “e Coli conservatives,” right?
In my series of posts on the whole melamine poisoning issue recently you might recall me breaking off the term “e Coli conservatives” in talking about how our regulatory function has been […]
Melamine story gets worse and worse
The melamine-spiking story continues to build, and so far nothing about it offers any reason for comfort. HorsesAss offers a mortifying blow-by-blow here, and after reading it you have to wonder not […]
Food contamination investigation expands: how trustworthy is the fox guarding the henhouse?
UPDATE: Now the FDA is investigating whether melamine may have gotten into … wait for it … baby food. It started out as a pet food contamination crisis – dozens of dog […]
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