Letters to a Senator
“We are the first generation to leave our kids worse off than we were. How did this happen? Why is there such a wide distance between the rich and the middle class and the poor? What happened to the...
View ArticleIssue of Pay for Bloggers Bigger Than Just Arianna’s Windfall
When the Huffington Post was sold to AOL for a small fortune (very small, speaking in Mark Zuckerberg terms) typical of the comments heard was that it had been “built on the backs of bloggers” who went...
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National Journal Mis-Identifies Top Liberals, Conservatives in Congress Once...
It happens every year, or at least so it seems (I don’t always pay attention, there are just too many lies out there). The National Journal puts out its list of top liberals and conservatives in...
View ArticleUSA Today Lies with Statistics; Falsely Claims Public Employee Pay Is Higher...
Forget about whether you’re liberal or conservative, pro-union or anti. A simple question: in either the public or the private sector, would you not expect a college grad who has worked his or her job...
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New York Slimes
So Frank Rich has departed the Grey Lady for smaller pastures, leaving one wondering who is to replace him on the hallowed—and increasingly right-leaning—op-ed pages of the Times. Hm… X-posted from...
View ArticlePublic Employee Unions Don’t Get One Penny from Taxpayers (But the Big Lie...
Ed note: This is a feature I ran on AlterNet last week. I’m reprinting it here in its entirety because I think it’s an important reality–check. Let us begin with this simple, indisputable truth: public...
View ArticleYou’re gonna defund NPR? Fine- We’ll defund Faux News
So here I was minding my own business…getting some stuff done for my trip to DC next week when I got an email from someone I know in Rep. Jim McGovern’s (MA-03) office: “Can we talk? We’ve got a hot...
View ArticleDay One of Fox News North: Pardon Our Inflammatory Views, Eh?
Canada’s Sun News Network, dubbed “Fox News North” by the media, is barely on the air for half an hour when Ezra Levant, icon of the Canadian right, starts off the debut edition of his show, The...
View ArticleThe Dirty Hippies Crystal Ball Saves You the Trouble of Watching A...
Supposedly Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain (and third generation military veteran) will announce he’ll run for president. Of the United States, yes. A three-way debate among GOP POTUS contenders...
View ArticleAnother Journalist Revels in Ignorance about Dominionism
In recent weeks, we have seen an odd flurry of articles and conservative op-ed columns attacking a number of authors and journalists who write about the Christian Right. Religion writer Mark I. Pinsky...
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