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As Mark notes just below, GOP climate denial is coming to bite Willard in the behind. But this still begs the fundamental question: of all the issues in the world, why has the Republican Party developed such an incredible antipathy to doing anything about or even acknowledging the reality of anthrpogenic climate change? After all, [...]
Archive for the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Category
November 2nd, 2012
Category: Clash of Civilizations, Climate change, Religion and Politics, Republican Party, Watching Conservatives
August 13th, 2012
Category: Clash of Civilizations, Democratic Party, Liberalism, Republican Party, Watching Conservatives
Really. I came across this report from Politico a few weeks ago, and it seemed to sum things up well. The House Agriculture Committee was debating the farm bill, and particularly Republicans’ efforts to decimate the Food Stamp program. Rep. Joe Baca (D-California) protested: As a young father, Rep. Joe Baca had himself relied on [...]
August 9th, 2012
Category: Clash of Civilizations, Climate change, Conservatism, Democratic Party, Energy and Environment, Liberalism, Moral philosophy, Republican Party, Watching Conservatives
My friend and colleague Steve Bainbridge is out with a new article on “Corporate Lawyers as Gatekeepers,” which, if you are interested in corporate law, you should read (Steve is one of the country’s most distinguished scholars in the field). But what piqued my interest when he sent it to me was his offhand remark [...]
October 3rd, 2011
Really. Explaining why the Republicans are rejecting President Obama’s jobs package, which includes things like rebuilding schools and spending on infrastructure like roads, bridges, etc., Cantor said: I think at this point Washington has become so dysfunctional that we’ve got to start focusing on the incremental progress we can make. Both sides have their desires [...]
February 8th, 2011
Category: Clash of Civilizations, National Security
Does befriending non-Americans harm one’s chances for security clearance?
August 5th, 2010
Dan Senor and the National Review want to stigmatize donors to the Ground Zero Muslim community center? Sign me up.
April 23rd, 2008
Category: Clash of Civilizations
Charlie Cook:
“The good news for Hillary Rodham Clinton is that she’s winning a lot of battles. The bad news is that the war is pretty much lost.”
March 15th, 2008
Category: Clash of Civilizations, Spirituality and Religion
Matthew Yglesias (his girlfriend, actually) reviews Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. Making fun of Christain pop culture is easy–there’s a lot that deserves to be made fun of. What makes Rapture Ready worthwhile is that Radosh–a secular Jew–goes beyond mockery to engage seriously with Christian believers who make, consume, [...]
February 22nd, 2008
Left, Right, and Lunar all agree on Kosovo.