my $0.02: a victory for lamont, a victory for ct dems
Just a quick opinion about today’s events at the Connecticut Democratic Party convention, where Ned Lamont won over 33 percent…
shame on steny hoyer!
According to The Hill, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Whip, defended the president against a spot-on keynote speech delivered…
preserve internet neutrality
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee defeated an amendment to the the Barton-Rush Act, a bill that will affect…
i’m no maryscott (and that’s a good thing)
This past weekend, the Washington Post ran a profile of frequent Daily Kos author Maryscott O’Connor. In “The Left, Online…
it’s about time to draw up articles of impeachment
Well, the cat’s out of the bag: Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified…
state of the onion: bush is a rank git
The smug grin. The hyperbole. The need to repeat the same drivel again and again and again. Yup – it’s…
post cloture unwinding
There has been a lot of talk – angry, horrfied, mournful, scornful, confused, raging, screaming, crying, swearing to the heavens,…
the dems shouldn’t filibuster over alito
Right now, there’s a lot of chat in the liberal blogopshere about how “we all need to filibuster” over the…
utah: the good and the bad
In Utah, there’s always been a bit of third-rail quality to the issue of LGBT rights – part and parcel…
cole on 2006
Juan Cole, Professor of History at University of Michigan, has posted his annual list of predictions for 2006. It’s an…