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Quickie: Fanning the flames of racial hatred for profit 0

Quickie: Fanning the flames of racial hatred for profit

$42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel the Rise of Islamophobia in America This is not to say there aren’t legitimate problems with Islam or with immigration, but some people have an ideological or...

The Injustice of Justice Thomas 0

The Injustice of Justice Thomas

How Joe Biden aided Clarence Thomas The New Yorker has an article on Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni.  The article describes how the Court has moved to adopt many of his hard...

Quickie: Reichert wimps out 0

Quickie: Reichert wimps out

On Friday evening Republican Congressman Dave Reichert was supposed to attend a fundraiser in Bellevue, but he canceled — probably because of the protests that MoveOn had planned for the event.

How to stop the Tea Party: a response to Sam Harris 1

How to stop the Tea Party: a response to Sam Harris

Here are two ways to stop the Tea Party and other libertarians. First, progressive Democrats should fight to take over the Democratic Party — the way Tea Party activists recently took over much of...

Promising Obama speeches 0

Promising Obama speeches

These excerpts from President Obama’s speeches explain why people trusted him to bring real change. Was he forced to renege on his promises? Or was he lying when he made these promises?

Transpartisan dialog: is it possible? 0

Transpartisan dialog: is it possible?

I’ve been getting invitations to events organized by “Seattle Transpartisan Alliance” (also here). They wish to find common areas of agreement across the political spectrum, between libertarians and liberals, in particular. For example, they...

Shared Sacrifice my Ass! — Photos 0

Shared Sacrifice my Ass! — Photos

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sunday Washingtonians took to the air, land and sea to challenge Washington’s wealthiest corporations and individuals to share the economic sacrifices with working families. Joggers, picnicking families and boaters visiting Seward Park...