Extra credit question
What makes Syria different from Libya?
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The rich, the poor, and taxes: what’s a fair share?
Our friend Paul Krugman tackles the idea that the right is misrepresenting the facts when it says the rich pay a lot more in taxes than the poor: The claim that only rich people pay taxes is a zombie lie … Continue reading →
How about the double-accountant ticket?
Daniels/Ryan in 2012?
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…is the cruelest month.
Continue reading →If you’ve been wondering why the standards of writing have declined in recent years…
…wonder no more. Some time ago, the teaching of writing liberated itself from the surly bonds of clarity, rules, and white oppression (is that redundant?) and escaped to touch the face of diversity and self-expression. Now, huge numbers of writing … Continue reading →
Best friends forever
A pair of friends at the elephant sanctuary:
Continue reading →Obama and history: it depends on what the meaning of “always” is
A lot of attention was paid recently to Obama’s display of pique at interviewer Brad Watson, who had the temerity to ask the president a couple of slightly challenging questions on Monday. But far more interesting to me was another … Continue reading →
Birthers of a different kind
Andrew Sullivan used to be the leader of the pack of those obsessed with the question of whether Sarah Palin actually gave birth to her son Trig, and under what circumstances. But now there appear to be other contenders. I … Continue reading →
So, if scientists couldn’t even foresee…
…the effects of the oil spill on the Gulf, how are they going to figure out what’s going on with climate change? [ADDENDUM: Actually, there were a few lonely voices saying fairly early on that the spill would naturally repair … Continue reading →
Who was Obama’s mother?
The NY Times features an article by Janny Scott, who’s written a book about Obama’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham. The article focuses on her sojourn with her son in Indonesia, occurring when Obama was 6 to 10 years old, and … Continue reading →
Slow news days
Have you noticed the news has been relatively slow lately? What is conventionally thought of as “news,” that is. There’ve been no significant rumblings of revolution in still another Middle East country and calls to war. No oil spills. No … Continue reading →
The question is…
…will enough of the public care about Obama’s blatant hypocrisy and abuse of power to make a difference in 2012? I wouldn’t bet on it. They never have before, and Obama knows it.
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