Washington Liberals

I also could have  titled this “The Hypocrisy of Personal Responsibility”.   A few years ago I met a couple of right wingers in a certain setting. To protect the identities of these people I...

I  think all this talk about allowing Republicans in Ohio to gerrymander Dennis Kucinich out of Congress fails to consider the bigger picture. If  we in the Peace Movement lose Dennis’s voice in Congress,...

Today, FIredoglake’s Jane Hamsher called Obama’s staunchest supporters “the dumbest motherfuckers in the world”. This is going too far. Way too far. Progressives can’t abandon Obama and his supporters and be successful in 2012....

(originally published at Sightline Daily, reprinted with permission; check out their website http://daily.sightline.org/ for other good articles) by Clark Williams-Derry I wish I were making this up. The Washington State Department of Transportation continues...

A King County Department of Transportation employee responded by email to some of the points I made in last week’s blog post about the hearings in Kirkland concerning the $20 congestion fee to save...

I think this guy has it figured out.

(Originally published for a national audience at OpEdnews. Washington State readers may want to skip the first half.) Dennis Kucinich’s Ohio congressional district is being redistricted, so Kucinich has been visiting Washington State over...

Joel Connelly attended the NW Roots conference in Seattle yesterday and wrote these two articles about it: Inslee takes the edge off controversial idea and Red meat from a vegan — Kucinich. The second...

This month’s American Prospect has an article about the defeat of anti-tax initiatives A60, A61, and Prop 101 by more than 68% in Colorado State and about the Colorado Progressive Coalition‘s role in that...

July 7, 2011.  Washington, D.C. In a hastily called press conference, President Obama announced his decision Thursday evening to sever formal ties with the Democratic Party and become an Independent. With Senator Joseph Lieberman...