Subscribe to Excerpts
Subscribe by Email
A good democratic citizen should be reluctant to give offense and slow to take offense.
Archive for February, 2010
February 6th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
The most depressing aspect of Limbaugh’s latest comments about the intellectually disabled is not what he said, but the fact that many otherwise good people in the conservative movement continue to identify with him. The man is a jackass and a lout. Conservatives should call him out. Their silence is deafening.
February 6th, 2010
Category: Corruption in Washington, Watching Conservatives
We have a label. Now we need to make it a cause celebre.
February 5th, 2010
Category: Drug Policy
Which drug users need treatment? The ones who can’t quit without it. How do you identify them? By observing their behavior.
February 5th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
The massive budget deficits that Barack Obama inherited – the predictable, and predicted, consequence of Bush Administration profligacy and the Great Recession – have been likened to a flood of red ink. Now the President is trying to control the flood by cutting wasteful programs, and Sen. Shelby has responded to the elimination of two [...]
February 4th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
… that Toyota put so much effort and meanness into its efforts to keep its American plants union-free. Otherwise, it might have run into quality problems.
February 4th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
No, what follows isn’t from a DNC or Move-On press release. It’s from a news story in the Wall Street Journal: Republicans are stepping up their campaign to win donations from Wall Street, trying to capitalize on an increasing sense of regret among executives at big financial institutions for backing Democrats in 2008. In discussions [...]
February 4th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Since when does “fiscal conservative” mean “advocate of waste”?