Dan Savage (on Olbermann) Says Right’s Goal Is Obama’s Death
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 3rd, 2009 4:35 am by HL
Dan Savage (on Olbermann) Says Right’s Goal Is Obama’s Death
Dan Savage, who writes the “Savage Love” column, is a take-no-prisoners commentator. He describes the Republican “Birchers and Birthers” like Michelle Bachmann as “bat crap crazy” and excoriates Democrats for “lying down” when they should be fighting back. Tonight he…
Sponsored Topics: DanSavage – Savage Love – Keith Olbermann – Michele Bachmann – Republican Party
The Apparent Unmotivated Idiocy of Labor Union Members, Especially Teachers
Steven Brill has a long essay in the New Yorker about the long process required to fire teachers in New York City. Now, any discussion of due process, whether in firings or criminal justice, inevitably can stack the deck by…
Sponsored Topics: New York City – Trade union – United States – Steven Brill – NEW YORK
Irresponsibly Following the Congressional Budget Office
Suppose that a prominent member of Congress were to press for spending an additional $450 billion a year over the next three years on infrastructure projects. Suppose that they did this at a time when the unemployment rate was near…
Sponsored Topics: Congressional Budget Office – Economic – Unemployment – United States House of Representatives – Social Sciences