Category Archives: Words

Tim Tebow is really creepy: Given that the Focus on the Family ad which appeared during the Super Bowl was so bland, vague and disconnected to any actual point (except that tackling your mom in an incredibly Oedipal gesture is … Continue reading →

An ad may be the closest Tim Tebow ever gets to the Superbowl. I hope the major sports realize that christianity is about to do to them, what it did to the Republican party. Update. I wrote this before I … Continue reading →

Republicans have taken obstructionism to whole new levels and they are not done yet: ….at this point, Republicans realize that they’re taking obstructionism to levels unprecedented in American history, and they realize that the public may disapprove, but they’re willing … Continue reading →

I really don’t think Micheal Schumaker is the the Stig, but you got to admire Schumaker for driving a Fiat 500 and unless you watch Top Gear that comment makes no sense, but if you are not watching Top Gear … Continue reading →

The state of the Union speech seems to have been very popular. I didn’t get to see much of it but I get the impression that Obama is being the anti-Reagan, where Reagan empasized magical solution, like tax cuts will … Continue reading →

This seems likely. If Democrats hope to avoid a complete electoral bloodbath in this years elections they better have some sort of decent health-care reform, with a provision for pre-existing conditions for everybody.

From TPM: Like everyone I have a sob-story to tell about health care. After telling it to countless liberals who oppose the Senate’s health-care reform bill, I still haven’t heard a good answer from them about why they can’t support … Continue reading →

I don’t think this problem gets enough consideration: All throughout the health care process progressives have found ourselves frustrated by the extent to which senior citizens—the beneficiaries of a liberal-style single-payer system—seem to have the most reactionary views on health … Continue reading →

This post from Washingtonmonthly.com seems to summarize it really well: LESSONS LEARNED…. Given that the results in Massachusetts were not quite what the political world was expecting as of, say, two weeks ago, there will be plenty of “what just … Continue reading →

If Kennedy’s senate seat goes to a republican some one will have some splainin to do: I don’t mean to get ahead of things. But I cannot help noting one blazingly obvious fact. If Michael Capuano had been the Democratic … Continue reading →

Via Caveatbettor: When rats are fed GMO food, do they show signs of organ damage? You get your treatment group, your control group, your outcome measures, and you do an unpaired t-test between the two. These guys use “nonparametric methods,” … Continue reading →

This book looks great although it might make me even more cynical. In an interview on last night’s Colbert Report, ‘Game Change’ co-author John Heilemann stressed that his new book is “as factually accurate as you can imagine.” “I like … Continue reading →

Is America really looking for a father figure?

This was presented as advice to law school grads but it might be good advice for just about any graduate, high school or college: Law schools have a responsibility to teach students how to be emotionally resilient and fiscally sensible … Continue reading →

Tax cuts pay for themselves and if you have seen one Redwood Tree you have seen them all. looks like people are starting to notice Reagan’s magical thinking doesn’t work: How on earth Will can write a column about the … Continue reading →

Looks like many chemicals are kept secret: Of some 84,000 chemicals being used commercially in the United States, some 20 percent — or 17,000 — are kept secret not only from the public, but from medical professionals, state regulators and … Continue reading →

Dick Cheney has been all over the place telling people they need to be afraid, and from the broken clock department David Brooks calls him out on it: That mature attitude seems to have largely vanished. Now we seem to … Continue reading →

This makes sense to me: Mr. Katari contends that banks have been using temporary loan modifications under the Obama plan as justification to avoid an honest accounting of the mortgage losses still on their books. Only after banks are forced … Continue reading →

Got this from a movie review at Pandagon: In real life, being happy takes work. Good relationships take a lot of work. The offensive thing about movie romance isn’t its triteness; it’s its utter immaturity. We’re all supposed to be … Continue reading →

At least people are going to campaign on the issues: I don’t think Newt Gingrich necessarily speaks for the GOP these days. But he said over the weekend that he’s sure every Republican in 2010 and 2012 will run on … Continue reading →

First Tiger Woods then Chris Henry and now possibly Charlie Sheen: I’m calling first dibs. The question now: Was he trying to get the weapon away from her or was he threatening her with it? Given his lawyer’s statement that … Continue reading →

Looks like another shoe bomber but without the shoe: A Nigerian man tried to light a powder aboard a commercial jetliner before it landed Friday in Detroit in what senior U.S. officials called an attempted act of terrorism. Flight 253 … Continue reading →

Vick has not learned anything, nor have his fellow NFL players: Sorry, Philly Eagles. Anything Michael Vick experienced is a result of his cowardice and cruelty in training innocent dogs to fight, then maiming, beating, shooting and abusing the ones … Continue reading →

I really don’t get all the details of the health-reform bill but Ezra Klien who is much smarter than me and has spent a lot more time studying the bill says: Bad a system as it might be, it’s the … Continue reading →

This has been all over the internet but it is still funny: Yesterday on C-SPAN, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) fielded calls from viewers, one of whom raised the specter of misdirected prayers. “Our small tea bag group here in Waycross, … Continue reading →

I think this post from Talkleft explains the new health-care bill pretty well: The title of this post is a reference to myself (which is silly of course, while I am angry, I am hardly Left) and people like me. … Continue reading →

I had hoped to see a public option, in fact the best solution from my perspective would have been to open medicare up to everyone; the network of providers is already there and most people seem to love the service … Continue reading →

The health care as it stands now does some pretty good stuff. My guess is the requirement that eighty-five percent of revenues need to be spent on benefits will really help as insurance companies have just lost the incentive to … Continue reading →

This is from TPM: I am unemployed and have a pre-existing condition that requires daily medicines, quarterly doctors visits and an annual test. I am on COBRA, which runs out mid-2010, when I will have to find new health insurance. … Continue reading →

The site is back. Just in time for the big fight on health care reform. I really don’t know what to make of the new proposal, but I think it is safe to say Joe Lieberman cares much more about … Continue reading →