Governor Shumlin of Vermont is getting ready to create either a single-payer system or a public health insurance option. As president of the Vermont Senate, he co-sponsored legislation last year that...
You may have heard about the court order blocking the anti-Union law in Wisconsin: Last week, a judge in Dane County (Madison) blocked the law on procedural grounds, ruling that a key conference...
"When you're under fire, and people are living and dying on split-second decisions, you don't need any kind of amorous mindset that can affect saving people's lives and killing bad guys." Boss Haley...
MST3K Saturday - "Boggy Creek II"
Comment Trolls; Revisiting Last Week's NPR Fracas; The Libyan No Fly Zone; Republican Contradictions and Opposite-Day Nonsense; Bunk and Debunk; Newt Gingrich Flip-Flops; Dennis Kucinich is...
Of course, this is exactly why the Republicans are sandbagging against the growing population of Hispanics: In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S...
"Why is there a Bureau of Indian Affairs? There is no Bureau of Puerto Rican Affairs or Black Affairs or Irish Affairs. And no group in America has been more helped by the government than the...
Sarah Palin's wingnut successor, Governor Sean Parnell, knows how to pick quality judges. JUNEAU -- Gov. Sean Parnell's appointee for the panel that nominates state judges testified Wednesday that he...
University of Wisconsin History Professor William Cronon wrote an op/ed opposing Scott Walker's union-busting and attacks on collective bargaining. Then Cronon wrote a blog entry examining who's...
Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
Here's another open thread for you. We just finished recording this week's Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show, so that'll be going up shortly and remain at the top of the page for a while. So get...
Hideaki Akaiwa is a real life action hero. Seriously, if you read one thing today, read this. When Akaiwa learned that his wife was trapped inside their house -- under 10 feet of dangerous, freezing...
Jason Linkins and TPM are busily trying to unravel Newt Gingrich's vigorous and incomprehensible Facebook post in which he tries to justify is obviously contradictory remarks about the president's...
For what it's worth, as a writer for the Huffington Post, I don't like the idea of Breitbart being featured on the front page. I understand and support Huffington's mission to host all sides in their...
Don Henley - "End of the Innocence"
We used to do a Prime Time Thread every night back in 2008 and early 2009, so I thought we'd try this out again. If there's enough participation and, thus, it's worthy of taking up vertical space on...
Check out this ridiculousness on the president's actions in Libya: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has undergone a remarkable transformation in his views about intervening in Libya. On...
Greg Sargent ripped into Mitt Romney for describing the president's Libya decision as "nuanced." Call it the Dingbat Doctrine: If you think the world is a complicated place; if you think that...
Mark your brackets with a victory for education in New Jersey: Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a 'thorough and efficient'...
Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
