Where progressive voices can be heard
Republicans believe and promote some pretty crazy and destructive ideas. How many of them actually believe their own rhetoric? Not sure Most believe it. About half believe it. Few believe it.
Yep, it’s snowing again in Western Washington. Very pretty, just an inch or so here in Chehalis. I expect it will be gone soon, but as daylight appeared, the neighborhood was especially appealing to...
My email buddy Austin Kelly gathers and distributes some really amazing stuff. Here’s something that I got from him today under Gender and Liberation: Critique of Liberal Anti-Racism: A Way Forward or Regression on...
‘Reform” is usually considered a good thing — but some education advocates talk as if a handful of charter schools and firing teachers based on their students’ test scores are the magic bullets that...
See Why Democrats Have a Problem with Young Voters from Rolling Stone.
See Main Street vs. Wall Street: Ground Zero in Ohio: March 6, 2012 , Marcy Kaptur, Dick Cheney and the Death of Social Security Can Ohio Residents Afford Marcy Kaptur?. Marcy Kaptur, Have You...
You often hear conservatives complain about the (allegedly) increasing state budget. But as this article from Washington Policy Watch explains, the increase disappears if you adjust for inflation and population growth. Budget with no...
An outstanding public citizen requested some answers from the Washington Secretary of State about the concealed counting going on inside our computerized vote-counting system. Predictably, she received a set of canned talking points. Below the canned talking...
Maureen Dowd in this blistering critique of the GOP — Ghastly Outdated Party — quotes various Republicans who have condemned the extremism of the current batch of GOP presidential candidates. For example, Dowd quotes...
When Will President Obama’s Critics Admit They Were Wrong?
