Same old, same old

Jonathan Alter at Newsweak has a post that is full of fail: Why the Midterms Matter The GOP’s agenda has to be stopped. But elections aren’t just about who wins. They’re about what happens when one or the other party wins. We’re so eager to promote ourselves with the smartest take on how President Obama [...]

An update on Juan Williams’ firing

I found this article from the NYTimes on Peter Daou’s Twitter stream.  It’s about the fallout from Juan Williams’ firing: Of the thousands of complaints that have saturated NPR in the wake of Juan Williams’s firing earlier this week, some of the most telling have been from callers describing themselves as long-time “viewers” of NPR [...]

Dear Democratic Party: Stop sending me email

In the past couple of weeks, you have been cluttering up my inbox with one appeal after another.  5 minutes for this; $5 for that.  I’ve heard from every liberal senator under the sun.  Al Franken, you know I love you, truly I do.  But save the bandwidth.  Bernie Sanders, I know your heart is [...]

Hubris

Remember two years ago when we were running around with our hair on fire telling people (who wouldn’t listen) that Obama was going to be bad for the country and even worse for the Democratic party? Remember how we predicted that the Democrats would probably lose Congress in 2010? Here’s a little blast from the [...]

It’s Saturday and Wonk sez, “Liberté, Egalité, Sororité”

Good morning, everyone. I’m going to go ahead and dive into the headlines coming out of France and Europe right now, and then bring this back to America at the end, with a Wonk rant of course. France Pension Protest: One Family’s Perspective (Associated Press) From the Richmond Times-Dispatch reporting in Paris on Friday’s big [...]

It Gets Better, When Other People Do the Work.

Earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was spotted wearing bright purple as visible show of support for LGBTQ youth on Spirit Day. On Tuesday, she released a video as part of the It Gets Better Project (associated with the The Trevor Project), aimed at helping LGBTQ youth to see that suicide isn’t the [...]

Friday Night Cookout Open Thread

Even political junkies need to eat once in a while. This is an open thread for people to share their favorite recipes. If y’all like it maybe we can do this every week. (hint, hint)

Does fear equal bigotry?

In the “post-racial” Age of Obama we hear a lot of accusations of racism and bigotry being thrown around, without much discussion of what those words really mean. I want to discuss the term “bigotry.” Over at Salon, Joan Walsh had this to say in discussing the firing of Juan Williams: Let’s be clear: Williams [...]

Liberals open minds, brains fall out over Juan Willams’ firing.

I shouldn’t be surprised over the lefty reaction to Juan Williams’ firing.  Ok, I’m not surprised.  Some people seem to think this is a free speech issue.  It’s not.  Allow me to insert my humble opinion as a former dedicated NPR listener. Juan Williams parked himself on NPR during the Bush years.  That’s when I [...]

And John Cole called ME a racist?

From the front page at Buffoon Juice: “Juan Williams’ firing did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in the context of him having been the official Fox News lawn jockey stooge for years.” It also says: DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice. Stay classy, buffoons. UPDATE: It has been brought [...]