Rachel Maddow is so very very right about the new "poll tax." There is now excuse why people should be standing in line for 2, 4 or 8 hours, waiting to exercise their fundamental right to vote. Time is money, and the de facto system in place in many parts…
Bill Moyers sat down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich, who has authored a book entitled: "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism." Bacevich has identified three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism. These…
Andrew Sullivan sums it up: No social and cultural moderate can be a Republican presidential ticket in the era of Rove. So McCain was left with the party that brung him - and we now know what motivates that party: fear of the other and religious fanaticism.
In this video from 23/6, we can exactly how little valuable dialogue arose from the three presidential debates: Funny thing: I don't exactly blame the candidates for becoming sad little broken records in this reductio ad absurdum. I blame the media for asking the same questions over and over in…
Yesterday I needed to get out the door earlier than usual to get to work. We have a big order due next Monday and a couple extra hours a day will see it done with time to spare. But I do need that extra time and I don't really want…