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20 Jul 2010, 8:34 am
About a year ago, I heard a moving speech about bringing down racial barriers, and the point of the speech was that family farmers with financial problems, struggling to keep pace with large commercial agriculture - white, black, hispanic, native american, hmong, male and female - needed to look past race, past gender and work together.The speech talked honestly about the barriers we all confront, and the speaker spoke of her own struggles to put aside her anger over discrimination. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:32 am
Revealing vignette from AP coverage last month: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero has been pushing [Michigan Attorney General Mike] Cox to aggressively go after the Japanese automaker, saying in a statement last week that Cox should file a claim on behalf of all owners of Toyota vehicles in Michigan and seek to recover damages under state and federal consumer protection laws. [read post]
2 Nov 2008, 12:15 pm
We are always interested in the online universe and so read with interest the analysis by the Pew Research Center on the source of campaign information. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 4:11 pm
It seems like a good time to link to this piece by Blackhawk Down author Mark Bowden:The Bush Administration has adopted exactly the right posture on the matter. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 8:43 pm
An article by E.J. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 1:23 pm
In The American President, Michael Douglas playing President Andrew Shepard put our democratic process in some of the best terms I have heard: "Being President of this country is entirely about character. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 5:22 pm
218 votes are needed for passage of ENDA in the House. [read post]
11 May 2008, 5:07 pm
Only the right-wing blogosphere could read a reference to the preamble of the United States Constitution as a manifesto for Big Government, just because a Democrat said it.Edit: In related news, the dumbasses at Fox News can't tell the difference between Stephen Douglas (pro-slavery) and Frederick Douglass (anti-slavery, I daresay). [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 12:00 am
"The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the kid, the calf and yearling with the lion, and a little child shall lead them. [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 11:35 am
Grrrrr, but it’s impossible. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 1:22 pm
Once I decide who the best candidate for Harris County District Attorney is, I’m not going to endorse him or her publicly, because I think my endorsement might have a negative effect. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 2:25 pm
According to dictionary.com surplus is "an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 9:21 am
Thanks to Will Bachman for pointing me to this: Sharron Angle wishes to decrease the publicity given to her earlier campaign positions. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 11:29 pm
We were just talking about that Super Bowl Snickers commercial that pushed the envelope too far for contemporary Americans. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 2:29 pm
My thoughts over on Jurist [read post]
28 Sep 2012, 12:38 pm
Joe Biden is telling seniors that Romney will increase taxes on Social Security benefits, in order to help finance the high-end income tax cuts that Romney claims he can enact on a revenue-neutral and distributionally neutral basis.Biden is basing this on an Obama campaign memo that says it it would be “impossible for Romney to pay for his plan without also cutting deductions [sic] that the middle class relies on,” including the exclusion for Social Security.For good… [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 6:55 am
The White House announced 5 new U.S. [read post]
2 Oct 2010, 12:07 am
“One of bin Laden’s intentions back in 2001 [was to] portray the West as scared, emotionally vulnerable, overreactive, decadent and hypocritical about liberal values. [read post]
21 Mar 2017, 3:32 pm
“Wages rise on California farms. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 5:07 pm
Here are 2 union activist dogs, from the demonstrations at the Wisconsin state capitol today and yesterday: And... from last April's Tea Party rally at the state capitol, here's a Tea Party dog: blog advertising blog advertising [read post]
