Archive for January, 2010
Bush’s Footprints On The Economy
I alluded to this briefly yesterday, but it deserves a post of its own. As he trampled the economy for eight years, George Bush left some pretty messy footprints. The Washington Post‘s Neil Irwin compares the economy in the 2000s to previous decades, and concludes that “according to a wide range of data,” the last [...]
You Might Be A Pinko Atheist
At times like New Year’s Day, do you find yourself wondering, as you take stock of your life, whether you are a member of what no less a political thinker than Newt Gingrich calls the “secular-socialist left”? Here, in the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy, is an introspection guide. (Or, if you will, a litmus test [...]
The Continuing Education Of Newt Gingrich
ThinkProgress: Yesterday, Newt Gingrich joined the right wing’s hysteric attacks on President Obama regarding Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s failed attempted to blow up a U.S. airliner over Detroit, calling for more “profiling” and “discrimination” and saying that the Obama administration is more interested in “protecting the rights of terrorists” than “protecting the lives of Americans.” [...]