(My latest column for the Huffington Post.) One of the most brilliantly salient moments from The West Wing occurred in the episode titled "Game On" in which President Bartlet debates the governor of...
Gratuitous sex song theme week continues with Prince and "Darling Nikki".
Missouri, Tennessee and Alabama should probably start calling Eric Cantor's office right about now. Cleaning up after Hurricane Irene could cost billions, but FEMA has less than $800 million in its...
MSNBC's kindly old grampy character, Pat Buchanan, continues to believe that white people -- 70 percent of the population and rulers of the world for thousands of years -- are being oppressed. MSNBC...
Gratuitous sex song theme week continues with ACDC and "You Shook Me All Night Long".
Despite my snarky headline, this is good news for the economic recovery: Consumer spending in the United States rebounded strongly in July to post the largest increase in five months on strong demand...
The fringe just became fringier. Americans are totally over their love affair with the tea party nonsense. Polls have been showing a drop in its approval, and a new AP/GfK poll shows that its...
(I haven't done one of these in a while.) So how many small government tea party Republicans, who hate federal government interference in anything, complained about President Obama's response to...
Rush Limbaugh hates President Obama because he's a liberal and hating liberals is good money on AM talk radio. But make no mistake, Limbaugh hates President Obama because the president is black ...
Sex song theme week continues with Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Suck My Kiss". I'm still up to my assneck in boxes and my internets aren't set up, but we're into our new place. Sporadic blogging today...
This this actually the basic Republican position on Social Security. Asked by a woman in the crowd about Social Security being viewed as an entitlement program, Perry reiterated the suggestion in his...
Yes - "Rhythm of Love" I suppose it's looking like a gratuitous sex song theme week, following yesterday's "Free Love Freeway." Also, we're moving to a new apartment today, so I'll only be...
"Our economy is suffering today from an extraordinarily high level of long-term unemployment, with nearly half of the unemployed having been out of work for more than six months. Under these unusual...
Via Kevin Drum, here's a chart showing peak oil production throughout the world. How an eventual decline in oil production will create mayhem with the world economy: Global production of oil has hit...
He's not backing off this nonsense since he first wrote it in his book: KEYES: But should states-rights supporters be worried that, as governor you said that Social Security is not something that...
Ricky Gervais and Noel Gallagher - "Free Love Freeway"
I can't believe he's getting away with this: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is insisting that “any potential emergency disaster aid be offset by spending cuts.” Huffington Post reports that...
MST3K Saturday - "The Deadly Mantis"
Through no fault of their own, millions of Americans who are victims of the Great Recession won't be able to afford healthcare -- at least until 2014 when the full weight of the healthcare reform...
There were fewer Americans killed by terrorists last year than both dog bites and lightning strikes. In convenient chart form courtesy of ThinkProgress: Maybe it's time to ease back on the airport...
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