Mr. President; really?
Mr. President; I watched your press conference today with a mixture of incredulous disappointment and outrage fatigue. After all the revelations about the NSA and it's wholesale capture of all...
View ArticleObama to Dilute Economic Messaging
An article in Saturday's WaPo here describes a strategic shift in the Obama administration's rhetoric on income inequality. It seems that speaking of "inequality" has upset the Wall Street overlords,...
View ArticleNYT: Hillary Shopping for an Economic Policy. OMG
This morning's New York Times brings an article Economic Plan is a Quandry for Hillary Clinton's Campaign. Reading through it one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. The content and positioning of...
View ArticleWhat's "up" with Steve Kornacki?
I've been in the habit of watching MSNBC's "UP" on weekend mornings since Chris Hayes started that show. But I will be stopping now. This mornings show was enough. It has come to focus almost...
View ArticleRachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, and MSNBC, Answer this Question
I know we’re all trying to look forwards and not re-hash the past of this national election. But nobody can deny that the editorial behavior of cable news played a major role in the 2016 election....
View ArticleWhat should we expect from Daily Kos? A diary of questions
This morning I read an essay by Robert Reich, “The Life of the Party: 7 Truths for Democrats”. I know Reich is a controversial character on this blog, but nonetheless he raises points about the...
View ArticlePerez and Sanders Not Headed in the Same Direction
Like many of us, for me every day brings on one form or another of Trump-Induced-Depression (TID). But watching the DNC trying to be at the forefront of the opposition to Trump only compounds my fear...
View ArticleKudos to Vice News for Charlottesville coverage
First, I have no relations with Vice news other than having watched their coverage of the recent Charlottesville Unite-The-Right demonstrations.Apologies if this was circulated before, but if you...
View ArticleHouston : the poster child for de-regulation
In Houston Texas, we see the triumph of de-regulation. Zoning laws, which Republicans tend to dislike, gave rise to the paving over of prairie land that would have absorbed at least some of the...
View ArticleRainy Day Rant
Pardon me while I lash out in many directions. So the big news this weekend is that someone will be indicted on Monday. Hours and hours of cable TV pundit panels commenting on this big news that there...
View ArticleDCCC WTF? At My Wits End
The president is trashing our allies, aligning with dictators, starting trade wars, and breaking up families at the border, warehousing children and using them as hostages for his bigoted immigration...
View ArticlePelosi's equivocation undercuts impeachment inquiry
I had hoped that August’s long list of Trump scandals, embarrassments, racist rants, emoluments, and ongoing attacks on American civic institutions would have inspired House Democratic leadership to...
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