The creation of an atmosphere in which basic Constitutional rights were ignored under during the Bush years might be contributing to this bizarre measure introduced in the Connecticut legislature which would “remove control of Roman Catholic parishes from bishops and place them instead in the ...

It is that time of year when we start receiving news on which shows will or will not be returning. It is now official that Life on Mars has been canceled and production will stop after the seventeenth episode, leaving four left. As I didn’t expect the show to return in light of its poor rating...

The full list is here.I’ll just give the first twelve: 1.) Because I don’t like the idea that we came from apes… despite that humans are categorically defined and classified as apes. 2.) Because I’m too stupid and/or lazy to open a fucking book or turn on the Discovery Science Channel. 3...

Yesterday I noted an exchange between Will Wilkinson and Mathew Yglesias after Wilkinson, in a post which is uncharacteristic of him, seemed to descend into repeating the right wing stereotype of liberal beliefs. Hilzoy later posted her own objections to Wilkinson’s post. The section which  s...

The Economist calls for an end to the drug war: Next week ministers from around the world gather in Vienna to set international drug policy for the next decade. Like first-world-war generals, many will claim that all that is needed is more of the same. In fact the war on drugs has been a disaster, c...

It is always amusing to see what types of search words bring in people from search engines. Obviously there are always lots of mundane searches such as Obama’s position on Medicare Advantage plans, but it is the non-political searches which are most amusing to read. Via Memeorandum I see that ...

There are two responses to the column by David Brooks which I quoted from earlier. Many conservatives, having come off a campaign which was based upon distorting Obama’s words to make him appear much further to the left than he actually is on economic issues, must be delighted by the turn of e...

Daniel Gross has a post at Slate which provides a good follow up to my recent post on the lack of understanding by many conservatives of how the tax system works. Gross further debunks the claims from conservatives that the tax rates backed by Obama will present a great burden to those making over $...

Kevin Drum, quoting Karen Tumalty, is correct in his assessment that the uninsured are being screwed but is incorrect in his assessment of motivations. His post would also be more accurate if written about the uninsured as opposed to placing “the poor” in the title as the poor are more l...

Speaking of nuts (as in the previous post), here’s another: Why is Tonya Harding upset about her name being connected to kneecapping by Obama? She did do it....