The Muslim Brotherhood…
…is on the ascendance in Egypt. Surprise, surprise.
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It’s taxing: hikes and breaks
In President Obama’s speech tonight, he will speak of “tax reform,” among other topics But the details are being closely guarded. It’s unclear whether he will propose some sort of tax hike for the “rich,” or the expiration some of … Continue reading →
A peep of chickens
From the inimitable Julia Child. Just a mite creepy (although peppy. And peepy.):
Continue reading →The progressive People’s Budget
Byron York reports on the budget that the House’s Progressive Caucus would like to see passed. The caucus is not small; it contains “76 members, about 40 percent of the 192 Democrats in the House,” including Barney Frank, John Conyers, … Continue reading →
Bloggers sue Huffington and AOL
This news is hardly surprising: bloggers for HuffPo who didn’t share in the AOL acquisition monies are suing both Arianna Huffington and AOL in a class action suit. As I noted when the news of the sale of HuffPo first … Continue reading →
Obama…
…the negotiator.
Continue reading →Obama the neo-deficit-hawk
President Obama is set to propose his own deficit reduction plan some time later in the week. It’s a bit of a mystery exactly what will be in it, but it seems he may actually step tentatively on the third … Continue reading →
Jackie at 16
At 16, Jacqueline Kennedy had a sophisticated wit, and was a surprisingly stylish writer as well. And that was just in letters to her then-boyfriend. No wonder he kept them!
Continue reading →More tremors in the forcefield: George Monbiot has some doubts
There seems to be a lot of this change stuff going around—or at least, potential change. George Monbiot—the liberal environmentalist Brit who gave his name to “moonbat”—has had what I’ve come to think of as the betrayal experience. But I’ll … Continue reading →
Thoughts on the budget deal
Boehner seems to have turned out to be a better negotiator than previously thought. When Obama spoke, he sounded so relatively sincere that for a moment I allowed myself the luxury of imagining what it would have been like if … Continue reading →
With friends like NATO…
…who needs enemies?
Continue reading →Budget deal…
…till Thursday.
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