talkleft.com - 1/12/2009
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A familiar question for readers of this blog rears its head again today as Glenn Greenwald revisits the issue, inspired by David Ignatius trotting out the same old Beltway "post-partisan" "unity" tripe. Glenn writes: Whatever else one might want to say about this "centrist" approach, the ...
Warren, redux
washingtonmonthly.com 12/18/2008 — WARREN, REDUX.... After having had a chance to sleep on it, does Barack Obama's decision to invite Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his presidential inauguration look any better? Actually, no. I'm probably even more annoyed about it now...
Where the Money Is, Redux
highclearing.com 12/7/2008 — Sully finds a graph: Even during what conservative hawks insist on calling "America's holiday from history," the Clinton 90s, the country never stopped spending Cold-War levels of money on the military. Meanwhile, the US is now spending more than ...
About that oath, redux
washingtonmonthly.com 1/22/2009 — ABOUT THAT OATH, REDUX.... OK, so Chief Justice John Roberts had a little trouble administering the presidential oath of office yesterday. Barack Obama has been gracious about the whole thing, telling ABC News, "Well, listen, I think we were up...
Biggest. Tax Cut. Ever. (redux)
washingtonmonthly.com 2/23/2009 — BIGGEST. TAX CUT. EVER. (REDUX).... We talked a week ago about the tax-cut provisions of the economic stimulus package, and how it turns out that President Obama proposed and passed one of the largest tax cuts in American history --...
Wasteland Redux
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/9/2009 — Sorry to ruffle Rose's feathers with my reference to MIlorganite, which keeps the deer away from my shrubs. Perhaps the deer have been reading her posts. But I am glad we're finally getting into some big numbers, like $200 million. As everyone knows, ...
Drunk Drivers Need A Better Press Agent, Redux
smalldeadanimals.com 1/8/2009 — Remember this great moment in race-based justice the next time a drunk annihilates a family on a provincial highway, and the cry goes up (again) for "stiffer sentences". A Saskatchewan man whose two young daughters froze to death after he...