Why I love Malcolm Tucker
I think most people know me as a fairly laid-back guy in person, never getting too exercised or losing my...
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Nixon, that well-known socialist
In the March 8 New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg makes an interesting throwaway observation in the course of discussing the Republican disinformation campaign that has labeled Obama's health-care effort as "socialist": The Democrats&...
Scientologists: no worse than anyone else
Having watched Valkyrie recently, I've been thinking about the intersection of art, commerce and religion. I know, that's probably not the kind of discussion the filmmakers intended to provoke, but here we...
Hitler on Obama's education speech
So there's something of a meme on YouTube where people take that memorable scene of Hitler's meltdown in the German film Downfall and replace the subtitles. My favorite example of this used...
More stories to frighten (Republican) children with
I can't help myself. I have to share a couple more tidbits on the topic of health care. First is Johann Hari of The Independent, who takes the American right wing to damning task...
O Canada! That freedom-hating land!
Every time I hear someone on the radio going on about how there's nothing wrong with the American health care system, I get so mad I can't see straight. I always wonder...