Barbour, the Citizens’ Councils, and the GOP
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 27th, 2010 5:39 am by HL
Barbour, the Citizens’ Councils, and the GOP
Every few years it seems the public is treated to an unguarded moment by a southern Republican of a certain age expressing admiration for his political forebears. The latest is Mississippi governor Haley Barbour’s celebration of the Citizens’ Councils as…
How Jerry Brown Saved the World
I had a bad case of the blues. My woman up and left me, my daughter is a juvenile delinquent, my cat does nothing but complain. I needed to be taken to another place. Sitting under a tree in the…
It’s the Revenue, Stupid
Today The New York Times’ editorialists ratify one of the top, upcoming bogus stories for 2011 — the fiscal crisis of the states. The bogosity lies not in the fact of crisis, but in the purported remedies, remedies sought after…