Song of the Day 1/10: World Party, “Ship of Fools”
This song sums up the way I've felt just about every morning since Nov. 9, 2016. In fact, the refrain "save me from tomorrow" hasn't lost an iota of urgency…
Trump’s Lies Bury Oddsmaker
The online oddsmakers at Bookmaker.eu demonstrated they're not well versed in American, or at least Trumpian, political rhetoric. They set their over-under on how many lies Trump would tell in…
Song of the Day 1/9: “Blind Willie McTell,” The Band
Most people, myself included, think this is one of Bob Dylan's greatest songs, but almost nobody would have heard it if The Band hadn't plucked it from obscurity for their…
Song of the Day 1/8: “American Tune,” Crooked Still
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB1GvZkxRbQ Paul Simon once said this was the closest he came to an overtly political song. He wrote it shortly after Richard Nixon's landslide victory over George McGovern in 1972,…
Quote of the Day
“In the eyes of Trump’s base, whatever [he] is doing is the right thing, or he wouldn’t do it — it’s just that simple. Trump’s base is not holding him…
Song of the Day Jan. 7: Ray Lamontagne, “Crazy”
I'm a sucker for a good cover, especially when it gives a new perspective on the original. "Crazy" was the hit off the 2006 album by Gnarls Barkley (a collaboration…
Comment Rescue/Song of the Day Jan. 6
This contribution to the open thread by Mike Dinsmore is too good to leave in the comments. It's the perfect response to the right-wing pearl-clutching about impeaching the motherfucker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roxxhOxnupM…
Dec. 29 Open Thread: All’s Fair When All’s Foul
Lots of people don't get this, but all the lying and cheating Republicans do to gain office isn't unique to them, and many of the techniques the Russians used on…
Dec. 28 Open Thread: Revenge of the Moderate
Did you think the progressive takeover of the Democratic Party was going to be easy? No chance, pal. Just take a look at the vitriol being spread by defeated Missouri…
Song of the Day 12/25: John Gorka, “Christmas Bells”
As John Gorka explains, sort of, to this Dutch audience in 2013, the lyrics to "Christmas Bells" began as a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem written in 1863 -- on Christmas…
Dec. 24 Open Thread: NBC Promotes Bernie vs. Beto
If Beto O'Rourke were black, we could blame opposition to his popularity on racism. If he were female, we could blame it on misogyny. As it is, the mainstream Democrats…
Song of the Day 12/23: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, “The Light of Christmas Day”
I thought I had heard every Christmas song worth hearing until yesterday, when a Spotify search for "Alison Krauss" and "Christmas" introduced me (eventually, well down the play list) to…
Dec. 22 Open Thread: The Building Beto-mentum
I'm sure this will upset a number of readers, but facts are facts: Beto-mentum continues to build. A straw poll from the progressive group MoveOn.org released last week revealed Beto…