Archive for 'Politics'
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? – NYTimes.com
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? – NYTimes.com.
This article is long, but worth the read. It’s a year old, but prescient. Paul Krugman gives a lesson in how economists think and why they missed the boat in predicting the current recession. Fascinating. He quotes John Cochrane saying that high unemployment is good: “We should [...]
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The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker
Here’s the article, “Covert Operations,” that’s stirring up so much angst. Democracy depends on a watchdog press. Thank god for Jane Mayer and the New Yorker’s courage.
The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker.
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Rachel Maddow: Republicans disdainful of unemployed Americans
If you take those unemployment benefits you paid for, woe unto you! You will be called a hobo, a druggie, spoiled and worse.
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Rachel Maddow: Republicans disdainful of unemployed Americans
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Avian Dissonance Correspondent Kent Jones on Sue Lowden
I could not get this video code to work, but in case you missed this hilarious take on Jon Ralston’s biting interview with Republican candidate for Senate, here’s the link:
http://bit.ly/dCjTLA
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Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights
In case you missed the interview that stirred up a helluva brouhaha:
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Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights.
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Do Some Americans Pay No Taxes? The Contrived Claims That Everyone Must Help Pay for the Government
“What Does it Mean For a Person to Contribute to Society?
The argument that some people in the poorer half of the country are not contributing to fund the government is, therefore, simply incoherent once it is broken down and analyzed in depth. The government makes it possible for a modern economy to function. Some of [...]
The Bible on the Poor (or why God’s a liberal)
“The Bible contains more than 300 verses on the poor, social justice, and God’s deep concern for both. This page contains a wide sample of them, and some reflections. It’s aimed at anyone who takes the Bible seriously.”
via The Bible on the Poor.
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Deconstructing the facade of John Ensign – Las Vegas Sun
By J. Patrick Coolican
Monday, April 5, 2010 | 2 a.m.
“Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women.
It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed to an affair with his best friend’s wife, Cynthia Hampton, who had been Ensign’s campaign [...]
Ezra Klein – Jane Hamsher’s 10 reasons to kill the bill
“The world in which we kill the bill is a world in which everything just continues to get worse, and politicians are scared away from the issue for decades. A world in which we pass the bill is a world in which things get better, and politicians remember that they can pass big pieces of [...]
Twin John Ensign probes still going strong – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com
“Even as the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Sen. John Ensign continues to heat up, the Senate Ethics Committee shows no sign of shutting down its own investigation into the fallout from the Nevada Republican’s extramarital affair with a onetime staffer.”
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