February 17, 2010 – Delaware Liberal

Late Night Video — Paul Krugman

By cassandra_m February 17, 20105 Comments

This is a lecture that Paul Krugman gave at MIT recently -- The Economic Meltdown: What Have We Learned, if Anything? Krugman tried to explain how we got here AND why it seems so hard to wrap our minds around strong policy to fix it. In many ways, he thinks that we never really learned the lessons of the Great Depression, including that for all of the risk that bankers put us in, the greatest risk may just be a government policy apparatus that will be happier with a political fix rather than a systemic one.

Regular Folks

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201090 Comments

The Tea Partiers are just regular folks. A tea party gathering in Asotin County, Washington turned more than a bit ugly on Saturday when a featured speaker actually called for…

Rally for Health Care Reform

By cassandra_m February 17, 20105 Comments

This is an announcement from Darlene Battle -- and I hope that lots of you will be able to go to one of these, it's a worthy cause: Delaware Residents…

Lions and Tigers and… Witches? Oh My.

By pandora February 17, 201014 Comments

So much for those Libertarian values. Bob Barr, Libertarian extraordinaire, is worried about things that go bump in the night. The US Air Force, at no less a prestigious location…

CPAC Childish Behavior Separates the Boys from the Girls

By pandora February 17, 201016 Comments

Aren't they adorable! The Washington Scene reports that this year’s CPAC will prominently feature a Nancy Pelosi piñata and a Harry Reid punching bag for guests to take turns beating…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201013 Comments

Did you ever have the feeling that half the week has gone with you even noticing? That's the feeling I'm having this week. It's already Wednesday! So, are you ready…

Castling

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 201010 Comments

[Ed. note - cassandra_m contributed considerably to this post.] 2009 presented quite a dilemma for Mike Castle. The Republican party required obedience from all its members for their policy of…

Climate Change = Weird Weather

By pandora February 17, 2010103 Comments

Funny how last weeks snow storms were all the rage on Right blogs while not a word was uttered concerning the unseasonably warm weather in Vancouver. Typically Republican. And while…

Sabotage Fail

By Unstable Isotope February 17, 20102 Comments

When Evan Bayh announced his retirement, it suddenly put a fringe Democratic candidate Tamyra d'Ippolito into the spotlight. In Indiana to qualify to be on the ballot, you need to…

Evan Bayh is Full of It

By cassandra_m February 17, 201040 Comments

After Evan Bayh announced his retirement yesterday, this is the soundbite (or at least portions of it) that I heard for the rest of the day (and this morning too):…