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I’m on the Patt Morrison show tomorrow at 2:30 and doing Writers’ Bloc with Mike Dukakis Tuesday evening in Beverly Hills. The topic in each case is crime and punishment.
Archive for January, 2010
January 21st, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington
The Supreme Court says corporations can spend as much as they like to influence elections. That makes the political process wide-open not just to corruption but to influence by foreign governments.
January 21st, 2010
Category: Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Arthur Applbaum explains why democratic norms don’t argue against passing the Senate version of health care reform through the House in the wake of the election of Scott Brown.
January 21st, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
This is just up at CQ. Worth the read. Nothing says politicization of homeland security like Erroll Southers’ treatment by the U.S. Senate. Southers Says Politics Spurred His Departure By Rob Margetta, CQ Staff Erroll Southers set off a firestorm in the homeland security world Wednesday when the White House announced his intention to withdraw [...]
January 20th, 2010
Category: Democrats in Congress
The House could pass the Senate bill and get health insurance to 30 million people. What would Teddy do? Do we really need to ask?
January 20th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
One reason I was optimistic about an Obama Presidency was his ownership of personal political army that could, I figured, be mobilized to pressure Members of Congress. But if Organizing for America has made a difference, I can’t detect it. So if I were Obama (or Axelrod), the first question on my mind after Massachusetts [...]
January 20th, 2010
Category: Democrats in Congress
Ladies and gentlemen of the House Democratic caucus: the bird is in your hands.
January 20th, 2010
Category: Climate change
It’s the right approach to both health care and climate change.
January 19th, 2010
Category: Language and usage
Maybe so many people misuse the word “deconstruction” because no one understands WHAT it means.
January 19th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Does anyone know how to sign up for one of the on-line ad services?