David Brooks on This Week: Here is Brooks’ review of the VP debate for the 2008 Presidential Election: Like the last debate, this one was surprisingly wonky – a lifetime subscription to Congressional Quarterly. Palin could not match Biden when it came to policy detail, but she never obviously floundered. She was surprisingly forceful...
Read more →It’s going out of business. As it should. A group of swimmers from Creative Steps, Inc day camp had money to spend and the Valley Club for a variety of reasons were turned away. The prevalent hash tag on twitter was “#RacistPool”. I don’t think that is neccessarily a fair description. People will say this...
Read more →C-Streets Trojan Representative, Bart Stupak, has really put Pelosi, the Obama Administration and Health Care Reform in a bind. It does change the status quo for reproductive rights and will erode the progressive base in a variety of swing districts for 2010 elections. I hope Barbara Boxer is correct in saying the Senate has the...
Read more →Jamila, left, plays on a seesaw with children of other female inmates on the prison yard of Pul-e Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan April 17, 2008. Jamila, age 7, and her mother Najiba who is serving a seven year sentence for adultery, have been in prison for 10 months. There are 226 young children...
Read more →We may soon find out. The Tea Party movement is being ripped apart by bitter internal rancor, highlighted by a lawsuit against a former leader, vituperative name-calling, and charges of financial mismanagement and corruption. As we told you this morning, board members for the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) this week filed suit against Amy...
Read more →covering Sarah Palin’s ghost written vendetta settling book, troops in the state she bailed on was hosting 44 at Elmendorf AFB. Apparently some Army Reservists are in Philadelphia this week, en route to Iraq. I found this out in my barbershop, Maxamillion’s Gentlemen’s Quarters Barber Parlor?. Max’s is a kind of unique barbershop in...
Read more →But he will get there the wrong way. Anderson Varejao got poster-ized by Dwayne Wade. This dunk is just nasty, and it doesn’t happen like this anymore because most defenders just get the hell out of the way when they see someone “raise up”. Varejao decided to challenge. When even your teammate is giving...
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Read more →Of the 21 million people in the exchanges, 86 percent are expected to be receiving direct federal subsidies. It would be an oversimplification to say that this means 86 percent of women in the exchanges would be blocked from insurance coverage that includes abortion (it will almost certainly be more than that). But it...
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Read more →Lou Dobbs decided he has more important things to do than be on CNN. If Lou Dobbs decided he has outgrown CNN, what does that say about the network?
Read more →Update: Video of Speech Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy THE PRESIDENT: To the Fort Hood community; to Admiral Mullen; General Casey; General Cone; Secretary McHugh; Secretary Gates; most importantly, to family, friends and members of our Armed Forces. We come together filled with sorrow for the 13...
Read more →The Stupak Amendment has no place in this bill. Anthony Weiner, who has consistently been one of the most impressive voices for health care reform explains why Bart Stupak’s (D-MI) amendment will actually prevent or deny access to reproductive health care. President Obama said it plainly enough:
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