Day: December 23, 2009

In Praise of Jane Hamsher, et al: Redefining the Art of the Possible

In Praise of Jane Hamsher, et al: Redefining the Art of the Possible

Mark of New Jersey December 23, 2009

Jane Hamsher has been taking a lot of flak in recent days for coming out against the...

Shrewd Sarah Palin/Gullible Media

Shrewd Sarah Palin/Gullible Media

Mark of New Jersey December 23, 2009

I’ve argued before, and I will continue to argue, that there is nothing terribly unique about Sarah...

The War on Xmas: A Military History IFRL-TLC-Scenery-arthur-aldyrkhanov-566881-unsplash

The War on Xmas: A Military History

Mark of New Jersey December 23, 2009

IOZ diagrams how the combined forces of the Protestants and Catholics lost the Battle for Christmas.

A united progressive/tea-party front IFRL-Plague-Exercise4

A united progressive/tea-party front

Erik Kain December 23, 2009

I can see where Jane Hamsher’s tea-party/populist left united front thing could seem appealing as a movement...

Formulating a Reliable Detainee Policy IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-thyssen.young-knight-in-a-landscape

Formulating a Reliable Detainee Policy

Mark of New Jersey December 23, 2009

Will asked me to comment on this op-ed by Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes pleading with Congress...

A few more thoughts on why I support the healthcare bill IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.portrait-of-a-couple-with-two-children-and-a-nursemaid-in-a-landscape

IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.portrait-of-a-couple-with-two-children-and-a-nursemaid-in-a-landscape

A few more thoughts on why I support the healthcare bill

Erik Kain December 23, 2009

David Brooks has several good reasons why people should support the healthcare bill – and in true...

Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We have enough taxes to make this work if we'd make HC a lot more efficient. Similarly our infrastru…
LeeEsq in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Americans want first world service on third world levels of taxation. They get angry about why it is…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The propaganda on what a good neighborhood even proceeds radio let alone television. When Manhattan…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The DNC needs to get over itself. The JD Pritzkers of the world don’t actually need them to get elec…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Lawyer types! A question! America First Legal (whomever they are) has filed a bar complaint against…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Good neighborhoods are the ones near the schools that have more than X% proficiency in math/reading.…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We talked about it a little bit last week. For what it's worth, I think that the DNC Chair has it ri…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025You're right on every account.
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025I haven't really been following this scandal but the DNC has been rather angry with David Hogg for f…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025There has been a lot of propaganda in North America that "good" neighborhoods consists of single fam…