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Arguing With Chyrons

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Labor, Politics

Fox News asks: Lying To Make Friends, and several Nobel Prize winning economists, respond:  No

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Boy, Did They Screw This One Up

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

When Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize was announced, I thought it was a fairly silly choice by the Nobel Committee. Turns out it’s much worse; it’s actually quite perverse. I thought Obama shouldn’t have won the award because he’s still relatively new in office and hasn’t yet fulfilled the promise of his campaign. But Glenn Beck [...]

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Difficult Compromises We Can Believe In!

October 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · AR, Politics

NBC’s John Harwood has quoted an anonymous White House adviser dismissing criticism of the president from progressives, particularly on the issue of gay rights, as coming from the “internet fringe left” and saying “those bloggers need to take off their pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult.” [...]

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And Jimmy Carter Had to Wait 20 Years?

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

While the aggravation that today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement has caused conservatives is fun (and fitting, after all their gloating over the Olympics news), the award itself rather strange. Especially considering that nominations were due about 10 days after President Obama took office. If Obama is winning the prize for speeches he’s given, promises he’s [...]

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