Posted on September 17, 2009, 12:54 am, by Devon, under
Politics.
Well, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus has finally vomited forth his crapulescent, steaming pile of a health care plan, and… wow. It is something to behold. After months of pointless delay and fruitless concessions to Republicans who have no intention of supporting meaningful health care reform and in fact aren’t supporting even this watered-down [...]
Posted on August 7, 2009, 11:47 pm, by Devon, under
Politics.
I could not agree more with Paul Krugman’s latest NY Times column:
There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting an idealized American town meeting. The painting, part of a series illustrating F.D.R.’s “Four Freedoms,” shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion. His neighbors obviously don’t like what he’s saying, but they’re [...]