Success means making steady progress toward a worthy goal. By that measure, Barack Obama is a successful progressive president.
Here’s what I don’t get:
There is a major leak — a volcano of oil — erupting from the sea floor in the Gulf. No one knows how to stop it or is willing to do what is necessary to keep it from happening in the first place. We all agree on that.
That said, [...]
Father Guido Sarducci everybody!
…because he needs to calibrate his feelings to a level acceptable to white people.
Old and busted: Making BP pay for the Gulf of Mexico…New hotness: Putting the Gulf of Mexico on layaway.
…in relation to the “Draw Mohammed” contest on FB a couple of months back. I kid you not.
Which is doubly weird because we’re pretty sure Zuckerberg has never published his own drawing of, you know.
One, or maybe none, of those statements is true.
Michael Steele: The gift that keeps on giving.
Simon Johnson:
The president should nominate Paul Krugman to replace Peter Orszag as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
A fantasy. A pleasant fantasy, but it’s not going to happen. Why? Because it’s a good idea.
Hint: it isn’t always the money (or the amount).
Spend ten minutes of your time — you’ll be glad you did.
For nearly 50 years, it has been an article of faith and dogma that Reagan’s words were the truth: “The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ ”
Well, those days are gone. We live in an age when private industry has been handed dominion [...]
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