- “THis was a roundup of decisions effecting the states, so Holder didn't fit in, but obviously one of the most”
Posted on Supreme Court 2009-2010: Pro-Corporate, But Continued Trend Towards Deferral to State Authority July 1, 2010 2:10 PM - “But anarchism and libertarianism (in its modern form) are completely different political and cultural animals. Libertarianism of today appeals to”
Posted on Rand Paul Supports Tax Dollars Being Used to Enforce Private Discrimination May 24, 2010 12:26 PM - “New York and California GOVERNMENTS may be struggling with budget problems, but their populations have far higher per capita incomes”
Posted on Arizona: Failed State, Failed Immigration Policies May 4, 2010 3:08 PM - “First, many of those attacking undocumented immigrants also don't seem to like legal immigrants either. And polls show that most”
Posted on Arizona: Failed State, Failed Immigration Policies May 3, 2010 4:59 PM - “Since the hours stabilization seems to have been across most sectors, not just goods producing ones, it seems to go”
Posted on Aggregate hours show economy has bottomed out January 8, 2010 11:04 AM - “Not if it offers a better deal-- the idea would be for states to combine the subsidies with other additional”
Posted on Building Single Payer Systems in the States with the Senate Bill December 23, 2009 2:17 PM - “So that gives us multiple years to push for additional cost controls, public option or more subsidies for families. (And”
Posted on Why the Health Care Bill Will Destroy the Conservative Movement December 22, 2009 12:55 PM - “Oh, thank you for explaining things on behalf of the "little people." Glad you are so much smarter and "down"”
Posted on Why the Health Care Bill Will Destroy the Conservative Movement December 22, 2009 12:52 PM - “Folks can be rightly disappointed at what was not in the bill, but the blind refusal to admit what is”
Posted on Why the Health Care Bill Will Destroy the Conservative Movement December 22, 2009 11:57 AM - “I'd love to see the insurance companies eliminated but that's not what we got on this round -- we got”
Posted on Why the Health Care Bill Will Destroy the Conservative Movement December 22, 2009 10:53 AM - “Courage? He's already come out in support of extending them-- http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cobra1-2009dec01,0,6447635.column "The White House wants to extend the subsidies, an”
Posted on Easing the Burden on Unemployed in this Recession a Progressive Victory December 1, 2009 12:28 PM - “What counts as the middle class not being helped here? Autoworkers were helped; new car and homebuyers were helped. Middle”
Posted on Progressives (and Obama) are Doing Better Than We Think -- and We Won't Know What We've Got 'Til It's Gone November 30, 2009 6:20 PM - “Honestly, when I hear progressives dismissing hundreds of billions of dollars to provide food stamps, housing aid, and unemployment insurance”
Posted on Progressives (and Obama) are Doing Better Than We Think -- and We Won't Know What We've Got 'Til It's Gone November 30, 2009 3:28 PM - “And this poll reflects what the media and both the rightwing and, as comments here reflect, much of the left”
Posted on The Stimulus was not a Tiny Win November 30, 2009 3:24 PM - “I may if I find time do a series on why progressives are doing better than they think. There's a”
Posted on Senate Bill: Two-thirds of Newly Insured in Public Plans November 19, 2009 1:33 PM - “Depends on how it's designed. As long as the exchange is that the individuals get an even better deal, they'll”
Posted on Senate Bill: Two-thirds of Newly Insured in Public Plans November 19, 2009 9:22 AM - “Damn-- I never realized all those businesses out there who take out loans to invest in equipment and product development”
Posted on Grover Norquist and Anti-Tax Movement Big Loser of the Night November 5, 2009 10:25 AM - “Obama's tax cuts were not larger than the 10-year Bush tax cuts and his tax cuts, while not ideal, were”
Posted on Grover Norquist and Anti-Tax Movement Big Loser of the Night November 5, 2009 3:16 AM - “Higher education in the U.S. may be expensive but it's actually one of the areas (along with Hollywood) where the”
Posted on Progressive Values Dominant-- But Need to Rebuild Trust in Effectiveness of Government Action November 3, 2009 5:56 PM - “Technically, if they came from Mexico or even Brazil, they're still Americans-- it's always been a bit of imperialism to”
Posted on Why the Employer Mandate Matters September 11, 2009 5:21 PM - “Political divisions are always complicated; there are usually self-interested partisans who care nothing for the substance of disagreements and choose”
Posted on Defending President Grant September 11, 2009 5:04 PM - “I definitely don't think of it has the best Mexican food available, but more as a healthy meal alternative, especially”
Posted on Chipotle- Now 64% Better as They Increase Payments to Tomato Pickers September 10, 2009 5:39 PM - “Ah-- thank you. Fixed.”
Posted on Chipotle- Now 64% Better as They Increase Payments to Tomato Pickers September 10, 2009 11:52 AM - “"ideas expressed"-- other than the word "Communist" what did Van advocate that is so repulsive, or does the word "Marxist"”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 6:04 PM - “Given that Van made the quote in a 2005 interview, it's worth recognizing that his point was that, like a”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 4:48 PM - “First- the quote you gave is not directly related to his green jobs work, other than the idea that a”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 2:21 PM - “Maybe you'd be interested in finding out why he would say that about why communities of color end up with”
Posted on Defending Van Jones from the McCarthyites September 4, 2009 2:02 PM - “Wow-- an actually substantive criticism of the proposal, at least on its effectiveness in the first part of the comment.”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 4, 2009 9:33 AM - “For you to calculate that the tax at that amount, you would have to be trading over $1 million in”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 3, 2009 11:37 AM - “Class hatred? More rightwing rhetoric. Asking those making billions to pay a bit more taxes to fund health care and”
Posted on From "Death Panels" to "Taxing your 401K" September 3, 2009 7:06 AM











