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Bernie Sanders: the Good Shepherd 0

Bernie Sanders: the Good Shepherd

(Aside from liking the image of Bernie as Jesus, my underlying aim was to question whether Bernie’s strategy of not going negative is naive and will backfire. Can someone suggest a better caption?)

Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, not a socialist 0

Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, not a socialist

There’s some confusion about whether Bernie Sanders supports capitalism. During the first Democratic debate, correspondent Anderson Cooper asked Sanders, “You don’t consider yourself a capitalist, though?”  Sanders replied, “Do I consider myself part of...

Tim Eyman is Half Correct 0

Tim Eyman is Half Correct

Tim Eyman is half correct: let’s lower the sales tax by 1%.  The sales tax is regressive and is too too high. But in addition, let’s establish a progressive income tax, capital gains tax,...

Republican voters are shockingly misinformed 0

Republican voters are shockingly misinformed

Poll: Majority of Republicans think Obama is a Muslim http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/252393-poll-majority-of-republicans-thinks-obama-is-a-muslim