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Republican fear factor
Conservatives’ paranoid alternate-reality can be explained by their brain chemistry — and their media choices
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/republican_fear_factor_salpart/
It helps to understand how people think, even if the act of understanding them sometimes gives you a headache. Some people …
Behind the Right’s Phony War on the Nonexistent Religion of Secularism
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/behind-the-rights-phony-war-on-the-nonexistent-religion-of-secularism-20120425
This quote kind of says it all:
…“Mothers have long observed that after the first child starts school, the rest of the family starts catching more colds and
Obama Justice and medical marijuana
The President’s justification for his crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries has to be heard to be believed
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/26/obama_justice_and_medical_marijuana/
I keep hearing this talk about Obama being the most progressive/liberal President in recent memory (whatever the …
It is a slow news day and in an effort to keep my regular reader(s) regular I decided to finally write down some of my thoughts on how I would implement patent reform. Note that there is zero chance of …
Rethinking the War on Drugs
Prohibition and legalization aren’t our only choices when it comes to drugs. Proven programs can greatly reduce the harm caused by hard-core users—and reduce our prison population, too.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577353754196169014.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
WTF is up with this WordPress …
Jon Corzine is the Original George Zimmerman
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/jon-corzine-is-the-original-george-zimmerman-20120424
This article really has to be read to be believed (and possibly not even then). An outright theft of over a billion dollars, years of investigation and no charges, let alone bankers …
America’s true tax rate
The U.S. already has flat taxes. But conservatives, like Pat Tiberi, are still clamoring for cuts for the rich
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/americas_true_tax_rate/
This table says it all:
Actually, a closer look at the table shows that our tax …
That my student loans are all federally backed and thus have tightly fixed interest rates…
Protesters’ new front
Americans have finally awakened to the decades-long corruption of higher education
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/protesters_furious_new_front/
I am very familiar with the inability to bankrupt student …
Federal judge complicity
The Supreme Court is asked to decide if governnment [sic; don’t they do any spell checking?] officials can be held accountable for torturing a US citizen
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/federal_judge_complicity/
I am starting to lose steam on reporting about our …
Washington is broken, just as intended
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/Outlook/2012-04-22/B/1/38.2.3382267873_epaper.html
This ‘free ride’ is the idea that by not voting you can still reap the ‘rewards’ of democracy. The author feels that by the intense negative campaigning the goal is to discourage moderates …