A great deal of attention has been given the last few days to Alvin Greene, the unemployed veteran who pulled off a shocking upset in the Democratic Primary for South Carolina’s Senate seat. Greene won 60% of the vote despite seemingly not even running a campaign; South Carolina’s Democratic leaders cannot recall him appearing at [...]
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Tags: 2010 elections·Alvin Greene·conspiracy theories·extremism·Harry Reid·Rand Paul·Republican trickery·right-wing paranoia·Sharron Angle·South Carolina·South Carolina senate·Tea Parties
Every year about this time, I start talking myself into believing that this will finally be the year that the Pirates have their first winning season since I was 10 years old. I even have a pathetic exercise where I go through the starting lineup and the rotation, and imagine the best-case scenario stat line [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Democrats·Harry Reid·health care·health care reform·hypocrisy·Mitch McConnell·Pittsburgh Pirates·reconciliation·Republican obstruction·Republicans
In response to the story about Will Phillips, the 10 year-old Arkansas boy who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance due the country’s woeful record on gay rights, Michael Lind argues that the very notion of a pledge of allegiance is counter to what America is supposed to be about. He traces the history [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Glenn Beck·Harry Reid·Michael Lind·Nancy Pelosi·The Pledge of Allegiance·toxic compounds·Will Phillips
Before I begin, I’ll note that this is going to be one of those “easy for you to say” kind of posts.
Saturday night the House brought health care reform closer to reality than it’s ever been. The House bill is the best of the various bill that’s been proposed, and would, among other things, [...]
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Tags: abortion·Barack Obama·Harry Reid·health care·Nancy Pelosi·Stupak Amendment
