Sarah Palin: "I was only pregnant a month"
The New York Times today ran a front page article about Sarah Palin’s ability to balance her work as governor and the birth of "her son" Trig. Yes, I did put quotation marks around "her son." While I...
View ArticleWarning: Cheney sets stage for Bush pardons
In the wake of Vice President Cheney’s shockingly forthright interview with ABC News, many bloggers on this site and elsewhere have decried the fact that Cheney basically acknowledged his involvement...
View ArticlePsst... Pro-pot folks, Dr. Gupta likes prohibition (w/poll)
There has been a lot of "buzz" lately about the popularity of marijuana-related questions at the Obama transition Web site (Change.gov) as well as the unaffiliated, non-partisan Web site, Change.org....
View Article"Launching America 3.0" - Framing the progressive movement
Sitting at the Thinking Big, Thinking Forward conference conference in DC today, I have been struck by the number of references to the need for a "New New Deal." In particular, Karen Kornbluh, former...
View ArticleSenator Leahy: We can't handle "the truth"!
There is currently a diary by Senator Patrick Leahy sitting on the Recommended Diaries list, in which he makes his pitch for a "Truth Commission" to look into some highly questionable activities...
View ArticleFirst-ever money bomb for marijuana. Act now at ActBlue! (Rec me, plz!)
By now, most of you have probably seen that California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano today introduced an historic bill to tax and regulate marijuana. (It is the subject of a currently recommended diary.)On...
View ArticleAm I missing something? Specter and Fools on the Hill
If I am not mistaken, there seems to be a lot of joy and gloating on the Democratic side of the aisle today. You get the feeling that something good has happened. Sure, Arlen Specter gave the back of...
View ArticleJesus - Your church in this land has been deeply corrupted
The subject line of this diary is not mine. It is one of the most powerful lines in a piece by Dr. David Gushee published today in the Associated Baptist Press. I am not a religious person, but found...
View ArticleIf I wanted a Clinton, I’d have voted for Clinton
The current machinations over health care reform – and the Obama administration’s seeming willingness to compromise away a public option – have made me quite reflective. Specifically, I have been...
View ArticleHey, OFA!: It's spelled p-u-b-l-i-c [space] o-p-t-i-o-n
This isn't much a diary to be honest -- and perhaps something similar has been posted in the past -- but I just needed to express my frustration with the Obama team's refusal to use the words "public...
View ArticleThis is what marijuana honesty in gov't gets you -- Fired!
Two days ago, the chief drug policy advisory in the British government, Professor David Nutt, raised some eyebrows when he accused the government of distorting evidence in order to reclassify marijuana...
View ArticleToday, Jerry Brown became the next governor of CA
Perhaps by now you have all heard that the Tax Cannabis campaign in California has succeeded in qualifying an initiative to make marijuana use legal for all adults for the November ballot.For some of...
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