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Oct. 12 Open Thread: Liberal Reluctantly Sees Some Good in Socialism

By Alby October 12, 201812 Comments

In a long essay on the rise of socialism as a political force, Jonathan Chait grapples with the fears of center-left liberals who think socialism's goals are too scary to…

Mental Illness on Display in Oval Office, and This Time It’s Not Trump

By Alby October 11, 20187 Comments

I'm no Yeezy fan, but I must admit Kanye achieved the near-impossible today at the White House -- he went on a mind-bending diatribe that kept Donald Trump quiet for…

Oct. 11 Open Thread: Bloom Energy, the Gift That Keeps on Taking

By Alby October 11, 20186 Comments

With apologies to non-baseball fans, Delaware's contract with Bloom Energy is like the deal the Phillies signed with aging slugger Ryan Howard -- an exorbitant amount of guaranteed money for…

Oct. 10 Open Thread: Biden Blisters Trump in Britain

By Alby October 10, 201812 Comments

Once, not so long ago, American politicians made a point of never criticizing a president's policies to an overseas audience. Earlier today in London, Joe Biden made a point of…

Oct. 9 Open Thread: This Just In… Tom Carper Loves Big Pharma…That Is All

By Alby October 9, 201822 Comments

The State News looked into the anti-Carper full-page mailers attacking him for his Big Pharma ties. They found the Patients for Affordable Drugs Action but didn't get a whole lot…

Song of the Day 10/7: RIP Martyn Jerel Buchwald

By Alby October 7, 20182 Comments

Song of the Day would be remiss if it ignored the recent death of Martyn Jerel Buchwald, better known as Marty Balin, founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, the band…

Oct. 7 Open Thread: Mopping Up the Puke

By Alby October 7, 20188 Comments

America today is like Brett Kavanaugh's Yale dorm bathroom: Vomit-stained as a result of a depraved display of privilege, power and irresponsibility. And though Democrats made it close for quite…

Oct. 5 Open Thread: Drunken, Lying, Privileged Partisan Hacks Are People, Too

By Alby October 5, 201829 Comments

I'm starting to wonder if the Republicans haven't overplayed their hand on Brett Kavanaugh. For a day or two they gained ground in polls by stoking the fires of white…

Coons Disparages FBI ‘Investigation,’ Heitkamp a ‘No’

By Alby October 4, 201810 Comments

From the New York Times, quoting Chris Coons after his turn reviewing the 1,000-page whitewash of Brett Kavanaugh: “The materials I just reviewed did not answer all of the questions…

Scott Walker’s Crazy Train Pulls Into Lunatic Junction

By Alby October 4, 20188 Comments

What does a guy have to do to get himself committed for psychiatric evaluation these days? GOP congressional candidate Scott Walker seems determined to find out. I missed this when…

Flyers New Mascot ‘Gritty’ Goes Antifa

By Alby October 4, 20187 Comments

When Trump visited Philadelphia on Tuesday, he was greeted by about 100 protesters and a truly horrifying sight: Gritty, the new Flyers mascot, who has been adopted by Antifa forces…

Oct. 4 Open Thread: That’s Justice Partisan Ratfucker to You

By Alby October 4, 20182 Comments

Knowing what he knows now, Donald Trump probably would have nominated someone other than Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. We know that from the Washington Post, which laid out…

Did Coons’ Question Prompt Kavanaugh to Lie Under Oath?

By Alby October 3, 20184 Comments

Here's a nugget from last week’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh that I overlooked until I read William Saletan's article asserting that, far from a "fishing expedition," questions about Kavanaugh's drinking…