Is "guilty for being gay" really a political victory?
While the Larry Craig scandal post-mortems move over all sorts of Via arcane, almost pointless speculations, I'm left wondering whether this is at all a political win for progressives.Yes, the GOP is...
View ArticleThe difference between the DLC and Barack Obama
Sometimes the partisan blinders end up being blindfolds.Big Tent Democrat at TalkLeft gets it all backwards:Obama's Unity Schtick is precisely what the DLC and Joe Lieberman have been preaching for...
View ArticleExile from Kosnikstan
A Kosnik called Alegre has loudly discontinued his participation on DailyKos:Sadly, the majority of the administrators have allowed this hostile environment to develop in our online community for...
View ArticleThe Netroots VS The Democratic Presidential Candidate, redux
Here's a strange notion from Megan McArdle:Fundamentally, what the netroots want is a Fighting Progressive. They want an unabashed liberal who will go toe to toe with the Republicans and punch them in...
View ArticlePuncturing the barefoot fantasy
The Gaurdian has an article that starts off:No wonder Iceland has the happiest people on earthOf course. Can't have women outside of the home. But a high birthrate doesn't necessarily have to be a bad...
View ArticleOnce again, a disturbing side of Hillary Clinton
What do you think? Is she sticking around in case Barack Obama is assassinated? All these slips add up.Liza writes:To this blogger, Hillary Clinton has waged a campaign on bringing out the inner white...
View ArticleWhite women to vote against reproductive rights to spite Obama
Yeah, that'll show him!John McCain is in favor of forced pregnancy, but these women would rather vote for him than Obama.John McCain's healthcare plan is "let the market handle it" (like it has been...
View ArticleThree speeches -- one is presidential
This is leadership.In our country, I have found that this cooperation happens not because we agree on everything, but because behind all the labels and false divisions and categories that define us;...
View ArticleIn politics, "pro-life" equals pro-governmental control of women's bodies, so...
The political "debate" is really a bunch of moralistic posturing. As much as the so-called "pro-life" camp tries to deny it, the crux of the conflict is not about abortion itself, but about...
View ArticleToday the world changes
A nation built with African slaves inaugurates an African-American President.A nation driven by culture wars born out of the Vietnam era moves into hope for more pragmatic, if still partisan,...
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