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May 29, 2021

Two front institutional battles

Progressives are always fighting the system to change rules and struggling to overcome bad faith actors who abuse the rules within the system. Continue reading

December 9, 2012

Conservative Progress & Same-Sex Marriage

I suppose in the circles that Matalin travels in, this would be considered uber-progressive. It def is a kind of progress. Republican political strategist Mary Matalin must have finally gotten the message that a growing number of Americans support marriage… Continue reading

December 2, 2012

Is Paul Ryan Making Americans More Favorably Inclined Toward Socialism? | The Nation

…That reactionary Republicans get a little hysterical at the mention of the word “socialism” is not news. But the reaction to there reaction is. No two groups of Americans talk so much about socialism in so many public settings these… Continue reading

July 29, 2012

I would say, “The world as seen by Boomers”…

…rather than “Republicans” since this is about a pseudo-nostalgia with a great penchant for creative memory. However, I want to be clear that I am not committing the fallacy of “equal time.” I am a progressive leaning independent who sees… Continue reading