Archive for July, 2010

July 5th, 2010

John Edwards is caught in an affair.  He is now disgraced, somewhat pathetic, and basically unemployable. Newt Gingrich is caught in an affair.  This follows him serving his first wife with divorce papers when she was in the hospital with cancer.  He is a bestselling author, conservative savant, multimillionaire, and potential Republican presidential candidate. Discuss. UPDATE: [...]

July 3rd, 2010

Republicans want to vote against taxing oil companies? This summer? What a gift for the Democrats!

July 3rd, 2010

Two Fiorina voters, both mad about ACA: one fears that it will cut Medicare, the other fears that it won’t.

July 2nd, 2010

If the New York Times editoral board really wants to get rid of female genital cutting, then it needs to understand the actual work going on in the Global South.

July 1st, 2010

Surprise: People with AIDS and disadvantaged youth fare worse than large banks, Medicare recipients, and physicians in squabbling over the federal budget.