Manipulating The Markets by dday Howie Klein has been all over the Employee Free Choice Act today as it begins debate in the Congress. He highlights all the Democrats who were co-sponsors of the same bill in 2007 and 2008 but not now, and then he offers a plausible reason why, in a guest post by Den...

And Signing Statements by dday As I've noted a few times, the Bush Administration so catastrophically fucked this country in seemingly limitless weighs, that the Obama Administration could be 90% on the side of the angels and still have lots of issues where they are wrong, creating an impression tha...

"Is There Anything Wrong With Saying Yes?" by dday New York Times reporters had a conversation with Barack Obama on his plane, where they actually asked him if he were a socialist. Obama answered no, explained the thought process behind his budget, and later, after pondering it, actually called the ...

They Don't Want Us Following The Money by dday The Politico writes a hit piece on Alan Grayson today (no link, they're trolling for one). They, and by proxy the Villagers and Republican concern trolls, are just horrified at his uncouth statements like calling Rush Limbaugh a "has-been hypocrite lose...

The Contractors Strike Back by dday Looks like the military industry-welfare lobby isn't going to take kindly to Barack Obama's call to end waste in government contracting and procurement. They're preparing for battle like you'd expect of people who build weapons systems for a living. Defense bloat ...

The Da McCain Code by dday John McCain's new flirtation with Twitter as a platform for his condensed and ill-considered crusade against earmarks is a perfect blend of form and function. The broadsides are as substance-free as the medium itself, which is why Maureen Dowd just ate it up. But Jonathan ...

Set It Aside by dday Norm Coleman thinks that we shouldn't argue anymore about who beat who and just try again in the spirit of compromise: For more than a month, Norm Coleman stressed flaws in Minnesota's election system. And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge panel to sugg...

Decline And Fall by dday This week we have seen perhaps a tipping point in the decline of American newspapers. Hearst announced they may sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle, a month after they said the same about the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The two newspapers in Philadelphia, the Inquirer ...

More Revolt Of The Generals by dday The most significant part of President Obama's Iraq speech was that this was the first time, I guess, that he has specifically agreed to abide by the bilateral status of forces agreement. But full withdrawal will follow within 18 months of the combat-brigades' dep...

Breaking The Conservative Working Majority by dday The proposed cram-down provisions that would allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of primary residences, the way they can on secondary residences and yachts and all kinds of other assets, are a perfectly sensible way to give homeowners who might ...