Ron Brownstein (along with Tom Edsall, the only establishment political analyst I respect) had a solid post-election piece on the idea that Republicans are the party of restoration, Democrats the party of transformation. This part gets to the key idea — that most conservatives believe they are outnumbered by the vile takers, even the conservatives …
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Different for girls
I’m not following the Republicans’ anti-Susan Rice jihad very closely, but I’ve got the feeling some it has to do with her being a woman. I normally can’t take Ruth Marcus, but kudos to her for writing this: For perspective on this complex question, it helps to return to 1974 and the nomination of another …
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
This made me laugh: It’s true.
Stand Your Ground and Shoot Black People
Another senseless murder: On Friday night, gun collector Michael David Dunn pulled his sedan up next to the SUV in which the unarmed 17-year-old Jordan Davis sat with his three friends at a Jacksonville, Florida, gas station. Dunn, 45, allegedly asked them to turn down their loud music. According to the Orlando Sentinel, that provoked …
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Speaking of Taxes
How about we spend some money to fix our crumbling infrastructure so things like this don’t happen: A bridge collapsed in the West Deptford area of New Jersey on Friday, sending several train cars carrying toxic chemicals crashing into a creek near the Delaware River, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Vinyl chloride, a highly toxic …
Really, You Are Not Being Taxed More
How many times do studies and stories like this have to run before people stop buying Republican BS: But in fact, most Americans in 2010 paid far less in total taxes — federal, state and local — than they would have paid 30 years ago. According to an analysis by The New York Times, the …
I Want to Ride My Bicycle, I Want to Ride It Where I Like
Finally, someone speaks truth to power on the issue of riding a bicycle on a sidewalk: While we do have an existing network of bike boulevards stretching across the city [Vancouver BC], they resemble an afterthought; relegated to residential side streets with very few amenities (10th Avenue, Ontario Street, Woodland Drive, etc). To borrow a …
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