Posts by Alby

Mayor Mike Purzycki thought Tuesday's news release about the city issuing $43 million in bonds for capital projects exemplified "routine." The city doesn't sell bonds every year, but this issue…

Consider this an addendum to El Somnambulo's post this morning about the Joint Finance Committee. Just days after committee members soiled themselves like overeager puppies for the State Police, phony…

Here's a dirty little secret: The media loves school shootings. It's part of a bigger dirty secret: The media loves mayhem and tragedy of all sorts, because those things bring…

“I’ve been here seven years and never seen anything like it,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) marveled to Talking Points Memo Monday night. “Who knows? Democracy may very well break out…

This Thom Hartmann essay is getting a lot of traction on the liberal web, and rightly so. It lays out the entire 44-year history of how conservatives fought back against…

Did you really think right-wing mouth breathers would allow the Obamas to unveil their official portraits without demonstrating why they belong to Slackjaw Nation? Silly rabbit. Actual art critics, as…

A waitress at an Outback Steakhouse in Florida spends a good part of her shift putting together a 75-meal takeout order for a megachurch. The guy who picks it up…

Trump keeps talking about the "four pillars of immigration reform." You know who else talks about pillars a lot? Muslims. Yeah, I'm talking about followers of Mohammed (PBUH). Ever hear…

Everyone who thinks protecting the downtrodden is Job 1 for the Democratic Party is super-bummed this week because it's becoming clear that Democrats in Congress are not going to risk…