According to this article, Barry Goldwater’s book, The Conscience of a Conservative, is being reissued. Timely reading? Depends on what audience at which this is aimed. I seriously doubt conservatives of the Rove/Norquist stripe will have much sympathy with Goldwater, who now seems admirable and even iconic compared to the…
As Eliott Spitzer writes: SCHIP is a program that provides health care to children whose families make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private health insurance. It's a program that provides medical care, including preventive medical care, to innocent children. According to the Bush Administration, we…
Here's what Edwards had to say on August 23 in New Hampshire: Real change starts with being honest -- the system in Washington is rigged and our government is broken. It's rigged by greedy corporate powers to protect corporate profits. It's rigged by the very wealthy to ensure they become…
Here's the headline: "Gas prices drop nearly 3 cents in last 2 weeks Survey: U.S. avarage now at $2.75 a gallon." And here's the lead paragraph: The national average price for gasoline dropped about 2.9 cents over the last two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday. These sorts of…
Governor Bill Richardson's plan isn't nuanced: That means no airbases, no embedded soldiers training Iraqi forces, no troops in the Green Zone. Zero troops. I would leave the customary marine contingent at our Embassy, but if that became unsafe, then I'd bring them home too. Only then can the diplomatic…