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Friday Talking Points -- Freedom From Job Lock
Americans across the land are banding together to solve one of the country's most pressing problems, it seems: demanding that Justin Bieber be deported! Sadly, you just can't make this stuff up, folks....
View ArticleFarmer John Doubles Down
I don't usually do sequels to blogs, but events have moved rapidly since my first blog on Speaker John Boehner's injecting himself into California water policy. For one thing, it's raining here, so the...
View ArticleThis Is the Year Liberals Take Back Religion from Conservatives
Sure, the religious right is still teamed up with conservative politicians in their battle against gay marriage, abortion, and immigration reform, just as they've been since 1979 when Jerry Falwell...
View ArticleMarch Because Your Rights Shouldn't Depend on Your Zip Code
Today in Raleigh, North Carolina, tens of thousands of folks are marching to protest voting restrictions and the ongoing assault on basic civil rights by North Carolina politicians. Led by Rev. Dr....
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How the AEI Distorts the Climate Debate
Benjamin Zycher, the head of the American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) energy studies criticizes an article I wrote earlier this week about the climate dangers of approving the Keystone Pipeline...
View ArticleThe Illusion of AIPAC's Invincibility
The defeat of AIPAC's ill-advised push for new sanctions on Iran in the midst of successful negotiations is nothing short of historic. The powerful and hawkish pro-Israeli lobby's defeats are rare and...
View ArticlePolitical Read: I Wanted to Be Paul
WASHINGTON -- This is a good a time to thank The Beatles. They got me through high school by popularizing the idea of teen rock bands. It was all part of growing up in the 60s. We were the first...
View ArticleRepublicans Using Fake Websites to Trick Donors Is Just the Start
Ray Bellamy, a retired doctor based in Florida, decided that he wanted to make a donation in a local congressional race. He began by Googling the Democratic candidate's name, "Alex Sink." He then...
View ArticleSecurity Is the New Oil
The confused debate, such as it is, over the struggle between privacy and security in the era of Snowden reveals again even greater confusion over our attitudes about government. The conservative...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
Last Sunday delivered a swinging pendulum of emotions. On one extreme was Seattle's stirring Super Bowl trouncing of Denver. In addition to what I'm told was good defense, it turns out that one of the...
View ArticlePolitical Read: I Wanted to Be Paul
WASHINGTON -- This is a good a time to thank The Beatles. They got me through high school by popularizing the idea of teen rock bands. It was all part of growing up in the 60s. We were the first...
View ArticleWhining About Google Bus Protests Get Us Nowhere
Tom Perkins, co-founder of the iconic venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, caused a stir recently with his Wall Street Journal letter, "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?" Perkins...
View ArticleThe Blindness of Privilege in a Time of Oppression
Lesbian ski jumper, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria, has been downplaying the severity of anti-gay measures in Russia. She claims oppression of gay people is blown out of proportion. How does she...
View ArticleEqual Opportunity Won't Reduce Poverty
Poverty is once again on the political agenda in America. And one of the most persistent myths surrounding this issue is that the best way to reduce poverty is to increase equal opportunity. This is a...
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Patriotism Is for Suckers
Just ask the government of Malta. The title of the New York Times article about their current policies on citizenship and immigration says it all: "Give Malta Your Tired and Huddled, and Rich" The...
View ArticleThe New American Hustle
The Oscar favorite (10 nominations), American Hustle, begins with the words "Some of this actually happened." And it did. What actually happened, beginning in 1978 with an FBI sting operation, is that...
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BOTH SIDES NOW: Matalin-Reagan Debate if Christie and O'Reilly Should Be...
By: Mark Green Has Christie crossed a line that's presidentially disqualifying and O'Reilly misused a sporting event to peddle crackpot conspiracies? And if conservatives like choice for markets &...
View ArticleWhy the Lousy Jobs Report Boosted Wall Street
The stock market surged Friday after the lousy jobs report. The Dow soared 160 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also rose. How can bad news on Main Street (only 113,000 jobs were created in...
View ArticleThe Anti-Gay-Marriage Argument That Just Won't Die (VIDEO)
Last week anti-equality lawyers went back to court in Virginia and filed new briefs in Utah. The common thread that unites them? A reliance on the old, tired argument of "responsible procreation." It's...
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