I went through my first flying checkpoint today ( Read more... )

It's interesting to see some Republicans try to frame anti-birth-control policies as an issue of religious freedom. Requiring insurance companies to cover birth control seems like a very roundabout way of violating the liberties of churches that might purchase insurance policies. And as interesting as the tortured logic might be, I'm even more ( Read more... )

"Son do you know what I'm stoppin' you for?"
"Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low..?"
"Do you mind if I look 'round the car a little bit?"
"Well my glove compartment is locked; so is the trunk and the back,
And I know my rights, so you gon' need a warrant for that."
I'm a little worried by our collective response to the recent police ( Read more... )

I was listening to the President make a well-reasoned case that legislators should take action to create jobs, with the alternative being political suicide. I have to agree with the general tactic, but I think a more concrete and literal approach would avoid unnecessary delays. That takes some explaining though.

One journalist asked if Mr. Obama was ( Read more... )

I was listening to the President make a well-reasoned case that legislators should take action to create jobs, with the alternative being political suicide. I have to agree with the general tactic, but I think a more concrete and literal approach would avoid unnecessary delays. That takes some explaining though.

One journalist asked if Mr. Obama was ( Read more... )

"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." --Grover Norquist ( Read more... )

I'm a bit unsettled by the extra powers that are being created by the people currently in power.  I'm backing Obama because, among other reasons, I think there's a chance he won't be corrupted as he takes those powers long enough to see them destroyed.

In this sense, he's a bit of a Frodo Baggins.

That would make Reagan into Sauron, which is how I ( Read more... )