My Thursday column is pretty grim: Credit where credit is due, Matt Yglesias coined the phrase "climate cliff" via Twitter the other day in reference to the now inevitable 2°C global temperature...
The Climate Cliff
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How to Fight the Climate Crisis Without Dealing with Idiot Congressional Republicans
Matt Yglesias detailed what the EPA is capable of doing following the Supreme Court's ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA -- a ruling that allowed the federal regulation of carbon emissions. The EPA...
Americans Are Frighteningly Clueless on the Deficit
I blame the media for the results of this poll showing that people don't understand the fiscal cliff or the deficit. In my experience, they're far more clueless on the deficit and don't know the...
Rove and Dick Morris Off Fox News. For Now.
Even though it's only temporary, America will be that much better off. According to multiple Fox sources, Ailes has issued a new directive to his staff: He wants the faces associated with the...
The Crazy Base Won’t Let the Republican Party Change
My Wednesday column and the crazy results of a new PPP poll: In the wake of the election, there's no doubt that the Republican Party leadership is capable of making some adjustments to re-brand...
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Quote of the Day
"While I'm flattered the Speaker would call something 'the Bowles plan,' the approach outlined in the letter Speaker Boehner sent to the President does not represent the Simpson-Bowles plan, nor is...
Winning More Latinos Wouldn’t Have Helped Romney
One of Romney's former top staffers said the campaign shouldn't have been as tough on immigration so as to pick up more Latino voters. It wouldn't have helped. So far, Obama leads the popular vote by...
The Nexus of Insanity
If you're looking for the intersection of everything that's through-the-looking-glass insane, here's a video posted on Breitbart.com of Ralph Nader criticizing President Obama for being "worse than...
Understanding the Fiscal Cliff in 2 Minutes and 30 Seconds
Robert Reich with the public service: Regarding the Democrats and not backing down, so far so good.
Where Did Jan Brewer Run Off To?
Weird, via Josh Marshall: Gov. Jan Brewer has taken a nearly week-long out-of-state work trip that was shrouded in secrecy Monday as she skipped an event to certify election ballots and her spokesman...
Too Little Too Late
Could this be some good news on the climate crisis? Not really. President Obama is "putting in place the building blocks for a climate treaty requiring the first fossil fuel emissions cuts from both...
There Is No Pro-Obama Bias on MSNBC
My Tuesday column continues a topic from last week with a new twist -- Greenwald has weighed in. Glenn Greenwald wrote a response to the Michael Calderone Huffington Post article from last week about...
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She’s Running
After attending a forum in DC where Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker, The New Yorker's David Remnick strongly believes she will run for president in 2016. ...there was much chatter about what...
Hang on Tight. The Climate Crisis is Going to Get A Lot Worse.
It doesn't look like we'll be able to hold the global temperature increase to under 2-degrees -- the threshold at which the climate crisis becomes seriously dangerous. The amount of heat-trapping...
We’re Making Too Many Babies
My Monday column: If someone asks you what is the planet's most dangerous problem, your immediate answer should be overpopulation. There are simply too many people and nowhere near the resources to...
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