Fear on 9/11
Below is a piece I had published today in the Lawrence Journal World. The italicized lines were edited out of the print edition.
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Does Nancy Boyda have a chance to win? Is this race entirely off the DCCC radar? Has everyone just written this race off because it involves a Democrat in Kansas?
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As many may already be aware, former NBA player John Amaechi became the first current or former openly gay NBA player. What I didn't know is that Lebron James is homophobic.
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Someone has finally breathed new life into the Bush administration, and it has come for a most unlikely source: the Department of Defense. At last, an indication that someone on the inside is thinking...
View ArticleDrop the shock and indigination
Who is surprised that Harriet Miers refused to even show up to state her name in front of the House Judiciary Committee? Anyone? Anybody? Let's do a Wolf Blitzer show of hands. Hello? Didn't think...
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For some reason, this is really surprising to me, especially with all of the FISA/SCHIP/etc. news continuing to drag down progressives across the country and world.For those not following, Sunflower...
View ArticleStop Big Media
I'm not sure if everyone has seen this, but it is a great YouTube video linked apparently to a group that is trying to prevent the FCC from changing rules regarding media consolidation.
View ArticleUnitary Executive Line-Item Veto
So I felt I owed it to myself to offer President Bush the courtesy of watching his final State of the Union address last night. I figured it was probably one of the last, if not the last time, that...
View ArticleObama supporters: the antithesis of Barack Obama
Hey Obama supporters, did you read Markos' post on Geraldine Ferraro's comments?If you have not and you are still slamming Hillary supporters for not "uniting behind our nominee" just yet, I have a few...
View ArticleObama has won Liberal, Kansas
How well will Senator Obama do on Tuesday evening? Will he win Virginia and/or North Carolina and we'll all be able to rest easy early in the night? Or will it be a nail biter, all of us waiting for...
View ArticleThere is a monkey with herpes running wild in Ohio!
I can't believe what's going on in this country.
View ArticleRomney's sweet Bain deal
The Washington Post, among many other outlets, is now covering the special tax arrangements Gov. Romney and other Bain Capital employees enjoy. In particular, Gov. Romney and others were permitted to...
View ArticleIf you want to know why the traditional media is dead, read this NYT piece
If you want to know why the traditional media is dead, read this article.Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering"A campaign wedge issue" "Galvanized Republicans in Congress against it"Are...
View ArticleIt's not just the Cayman Islands for Paul Ryan
Jed Lewison's front page story this morning about Paul Ryan's comment that the "Cayman Islands "is the place you hide your money" caught my eye for a different reason. Rep. Ryan didn't just single out...
View ArticleDear Republican Leadership
Speaker of the House John Boehner did not deliver his home state of Ohio.House Majority Leader Eric Cantor did not deliver his home state of Virginia.Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan did not deliver...
View ArticleWhy isn’t Senator Heidi Heitkamp on the Energy Committee?
Or, what can Senator Heidi Heitkamp do for energy on the Agriculture Committee?Senator Heidi Heitkamp finds herself in an excellent position with regard to the creation of a new energy economy. Any...
View ArticleWho wants to move a business to Kansas?
A Shawnee County District Court three judge panel ruled Friday that the Kansas legislature continues to violate the Kansas constitution by underfunding public K-12 education. The decision follows a...
View ArticleJohn Mackey wants sick workers handling your fruits and vegetables
Or, why shop at Whole Foods?When the CEO and founder, John Mackey, goes from calling the Affordable Care Act "socialism" in the Wall Street Journal last year to "fascism" on NPR this week to...
View ArticleKansas to consider opposition to wind energy
The legislature of the great state of Kansas, is preparing to consider a bill that would eliminate the renewable energy portfolio standard. The RPS requires investor-owned utilities in the state to...
View ArticleI guess it depends what you mean by subsidy
I read two stories that got me thinking about subsidies. One, a New York Times piece about streaming music, discussed new business models for the music industry after Napster destroyed the old...
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