Is John McCain a rare Republican?
Is it possible that John McCain can feel shame? Senator John McCain, R-Arizona, said Congress shares blame for problems with the nation’s bridges and roads. “ We passed a $50…
Saddam was terrible; ergo everything we do is okay.
I call bullshit on the statement above. I've made this point befor but here we go again for the folks in the cheap seats. Bush is terrible. That does not…
The General Reviews “A Tragic Legacy”
Glenn Greenwald, a Salon contributor and author of How Would a Patriot Act (Working Assets Publishing, $12.00), has penned a new book, A Tragic Legacy: How A Good Vs. Evil…
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The Patriot Ashamed of his savagery during the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin decided he would sit out the American Revolution, while his oldest son Gabriel enlisted minutes after…
If Mike Castle has had a real conversion – he must apologize. Period.
Kavips wonders about Castle's recent vote to oppose the President on Iraq and require decent intervals of rest for our troops. I don't wonder if it is genuine because I…
How do we know if we’ve lost the war?
A kos diarist posted his criteria. 1.) When you have to lie to start a war, you're well on your way to losing it. Iraq had nothing to do with…
“No New Taxes”
A slogan to die for.
Why do right-wingers hate Canada?
is it... a) Canada's universal health care system b) Canada's willingness to shoulder a disproportionate NATO burden in Afghanistan c) Canada's unmitigated gall to say that invading Iraq was a…
Tom Carper Helps Republicans Give Bush Even More Power
What is the point of calling yourself a Democrat when you have "Democrats" like tom Carper around? via kos The Senate has surrendered to Mister Bush on domestic spying, yielding…
Tone Deaf Clods
I'm not kidding when I say that I feel for Dave. He's got the Joe Biden supporterLevin and FlippRomney to make excuses for. Speaking as a 2006 Spivack supporter, that…
Coverage of YEARLYKos convention shows that the MSM is starting to “get” the netroots
The Washington Post describes Yearly Kos as the other national convention. The common assumption is that the Net roots is monolithic and full of ideologues. It is neither. It is…
Cohenology 101: Willing Suspension of Disbelief
In theater there is a concept known as the suspension of disbelief. Wikipoedia describes it as "an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art which refers to the…
Cohenology 101
'Morning class. Let's get started shall we? Now when Celia Cohen writes this... The credit-scoring law is really the baby of Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. Denn, a Democrat with a…