March 1, 2005 -
In what Fox news calls "a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration," a federal judge in South Carolina yesterday ordered the United States to charge "dirty-bomb" suspect
March 1, 2005 -
A recent piece by Michael Tomasky in The American Prospect has provoked quite a bit of discussion on the web: in it, Tomasky argues that Democrats talk too much about strategy, and not enough
February 28, 2005 -
David Sirota points to several Republican governors who have adopted more-or-less progressive stances on taxation and low-income health care, including Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky,Bob Riley of Alabama, and Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
February 25, 2005 -
I'm here in Chapel Hill, N.C.
February 25, 2005 -
As the Texas audience hurled "spit, popcorn, beer cups, cans, hot dogs, whipped cream, bottles, and pies," the band taunted and provoked them relentlessly. Sid Vicious scrawled "Gimme a Fix" on his naked chest. Johnny Rotten "blew snot" at the front row as the audience fought among themselves.
February 24, 2005 -
Many thanks to Katrina vanden Heuvel at The Nation (where, as she notes, I did my first gig out of college as a wide-eyed journalist aiming to change the world), as well as MaxSpeak,
February 23, 2005 -
Harold Meyerson has an excellent analysis in today's Washington Post about the Democrats' "white workers" problem. The whole piece is good; here are some of the key points: