Foreign Policy Idiots
A number of our inane right wing commenters last night decided to make the protests in Iran a partisan issue, and they began to attack President Obama for what they…
The Least He Can Do.
From our Tipwire: According to the AP, President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials…
Solidarity
Like some other sites, notably the BBC and Andrew Sullivan's The Dish, we are changing the color of our logo to show our support for the Green Revolution in Iran.…
Required Reading
During the Green Revolution in Iran, you should really be reading two sites every hour: The Dish by Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic. Liveblogging the Uprising by Nico Pitney at…
Discrimination is Not a Religious Liberty.
First, a hat tip to Mike Matthews for posting this first. But I want to do more than discuss it as if there were two legitimate points of view at…
Who is the Other Dem?
In the poll at the left, we are asking who you think the 2010 Senate Matchup will be. The field is still fluid, with both Beau Biden and Mike Castle…
The Biden Tease Begins…
There is a difference between the Castle Tease and the Biden Tease. Castle is doing it himself. Biden can't so long as he is on duty in Iraq, a tour…
Around the Horn Friday
This will be the first time, and perhaps last time, that I link to the Delaware Grapevine in this thread. But Celia does have a nice write up about the…
Final Destination
You know the movie series "Final Destination," where a group of friends get off a plane at the last second before it explodes on take off, thus saving their lives,…
Castle Declines Promotion
Mike Castle has turned down a promotion to be the ranking Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, the Hill reports. Interestingly, Castle cited his upcoming and tortuous decision…
SCCOR and the News Journal
Steve Newton and the denizens of DL have had their disagreements, but when the man is right, as he is with this morning's post on the News Journal puff piece…
Steve Newton Thinks I am an Asshole.
Perhaps he is angry at me because he is ashamed at himself, for giving a rather intellectual cover to right wing faux outrage back in March (and no, Steve, you…
This is why we don’t torture in America
Because when we do torture, we can no longer complain about the treatment of American citizens and soldiers, like the American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, sentenced for spying…