Day: August 11, 2009

O Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving, no matter how earnestly we say, \”no, really, we insist, we\’ve had enough.\” We said this after Dr. Palin\’s informative essay, penned in the Washington Post about the big hoax of global warming and why we should do nothing about it. I say informative, not in…

Writing about fascism for an American audience is always a fraught business. Invariably, a third of the readers will dismiss the topic (and your faithful blogger\’s basic sanity) out of hand. Either they\’ve got their own definition of fascism and whatever\’s going on doesn\’t seem to fit it; or else they\’re firm believers in a…

Campaign for America’s Future has released a report, Pittsburgh —The Rest of the Story (pdf file, 12 pages). This report tells the story of \”Pittsburgh\’s transition from the old to the new.\” A lot is happening in Pittsburgh this summer and fall. Netroots Nation is taking place in Pittsburgh this week, then next month the…

When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in May tried to get a 15 percent limit on credit card rates added to a bill imposing new regulations on the industry, the amendment only received 33 votes—and only one from a Republican. That defeat, though, has not killed the movement to put laws against usury back on the…