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Latest Blog Posts
- The Right-wing’s Fear of Constitutional Law on Nov 19, 2009 in Garbage from the Right National Security Politics Khalid Sheikh Mohommed Military Commissions Act Obama Republican opposition to civil trial U.S. Constitution
Could somebody please explain why military commissions are not a slippery slope to martial law? In the Senate, Republicans Kyle and Graham have raised an outcry over Attorney General Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) in feder...
- We Must Break Up the Banks on Nov 14, 2009 in Economy Politics Banks Byron Dorgan commercial banks FDIC Glass-Steagall investment banks TARP Too Big To Fail
North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan has it right, as follows: Dorgan said 3 things are needed to fix the financial system: One is to separate investment banks and FDIC-insured banks. Second, prohibit FDIC-insured banks from dealing in risky financial i...
- Murdoch’s Empire Sued for Discrimination on Nov 12, 2009 in Media Politics Barack Obama Charles Hurt media consolidation New York Post News Corporation Rupert Murdoch Sandra Guzman
Sandra Guzman, former senior editor at the New York Post , has filed a suit against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire News Corporation and the Post for “a litany of racist and sexist behavior,” according to the Guardian. Guzman was prai...
- Wind, Solar, Geothermal Beat Coal, Nuclear, and Biofuels on Nov 5, 2009 in Energy Uncategorized
If you can carve out an hour, this presentation by Mark Jacobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, is well worth it. Renewables can supply the world’s energy demand many times over. Jacobson lays out the data and co...
- Murdoch’s Fox News Is the Outlier on Oct 31, 2009 in Media Politics Dana Perino Fox News media bias media conglomeration Obama Pew Research Center Rupert Murdoch
Source: Pew Research Center. Recently, the Obama Administration has taken some flack over its criticism of Fox News. Former Bush White House press secretary Dana Perino, who now works for Fox, said such treatment of the press was “un-American&#...
- Republican Party ID Continues to Fall on Oct 25, 2009 in Politics Democrats Independents Obama Party Identification Polls Progressives Republicans
Progressives disapprove. Despite much attention paid to Obama’s falling poll numbers, which have actually stabilized since mid-August, little has been said about a corresponding drop in Republican Party identification. In the last 6 months, the...
- Republican “Stock” Continues to Fall on Oct 25, 2009 in Politics Democrats Independents Obama Party Identification Polls Progressives Republicans
Progressives disapprove. Despite much attention paid to Obama’s falling poll numbers, which have actually stabilized since mid-August, little has been said about a corresponding drop in Republican Party identification. In the last 6 months, the...
