Posted on April 20th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
It’s Monday, so it must be time for the “coordinated conservative tantrum” of the week:
The new fit is over President Obama shaking hands with the President of Venezuela at the Summit of the Americas.
Is it worthy of all the fuss:
You can watch the video — and the body language — of Obama’s brief exchange with [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Democrats, Dick Cheney, In The Blogosphere, In The News, International, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans, World News
Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Virginia Cotts
Given how poorly international news makes it to American media, I frequently seek out sources from overseas. The memeorandoum item just said “Listen to this programme in full.” The story was yet another dot in the accurate history of our last century of unelected, rich, powerful white men running this country that most Americans have yet to discover.
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Filed under: Bush, Foreign Policy, Politics
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by John Freeland
Photo credit: PBS and Google Images.
“If you don’t pay the people enough money, they can’t buy the cars.” – Henry Ford
Norton Garfinkle, former economics professor and current chairman of the nonprofit, nonpartisan education and research organization, Future of American Democracy Foundation, has written a highly readible book about the modern American economy.
The American Dream vs. [...]
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Filed under: Books, Economy, Taxes & Tax Cuts
Posted on August 16th, 2006 by Todd Mitchell
Cross posted from Article of Faith:
Adam Cohen of the Times has a great piece up on how the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore (2000) is slowly but surely disappearing “down the legal world’s version of the memory hole”.
Judicial conferences on the Rhenquist Court’s legacy refuse to discuss it, the “Supreme Court has not cited [...]
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Filed under: Politics, Republicans, Supreme Court
