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January 30, 2003
  • Why States Can't Be Trusted with Block Grants - Yeah, give states flexibility, put the money in block grants. Guess what happens? Well, in the case of money sent... MORE...
  • Estrada- American Dream or Privileged Hack - In promoting the Appeals Court nomination of Miguel Estrada, the rightwing's stealthy pick for the Supreme Court, the Republicans are... MORE...
  • Europe Has Spoken- Sort Of - Well, Bush rounded up a few European leaders to write an oped in support of his march to war, but... MORE...

    January 29, 2003
  • Reaction to Bush's AIDS Proposal - I was trying to be as positive about Bush's AIDS proposal as possible, but the details are not encouraging. To... MORE...
  • Put Up or Shut Up - The most important line of Bush's speech last night was this one: And this Congress and the American people must... MORE...
  • Bush Causes Stock Collapse - Here's the story arguing "U.S. stocks tumbled early Wednesday as investors concluded after President Bush's State of the Union address... MORE...
  • More on McCain Screwing Airline Workers - An article from the Wall Street Journal that, yes, McCain is looking to kill airline workers right to strike. More... MORE...
  • The Bright Spot of the Night - Even as Bush proposed slashing spending for the poor in the US-- amid a few tiny "compassionate conservative" programs like... MORE...

    January 28, 2003
  • SOTU- Gutting the Economy - Here is the idiocy of the night: "I will send you a budget that will increase discretionary spending by only... MORE...
  • DoD offering admin privileges on .mil Web sites - Okay, as we destroy our civil liberties, could the defense department not hand out access to its domain names like... MORE...
  • What is Murder- Mother's Addictions? - In my post on Al Sharpton and elaborated in my What is Murder? post, a number of commenters objected to... MORE...
  • World Bank Joins Global Justice Movement - Okay, maybe the title's a little strong, but check out this oped by James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank,... MORE...
  • Thou Shalt Not Insult Supreme Leader Big Brother - More from Big Brother Central (Texas AFL-CIO eNews) Jeff Darby of the American Federation of Government Employees reports that the... MORE...
  • In Praise of the Old Confederacy - All of us progressive bloggers who have criticized Trent Lott and the South for remaining racism should take a... MORE...
  • Even Schwarzkopf Doesn't Buy It - No one in the world wants this war, and the only folks supporting it seems to be those currying favor... MORE...

    January 27, 2003
  • Blix Report- This Justifies War? - You read the basic evidence from the Blix UN report and you have to step back and say, How can... MORE...
  • New McCarthyism- Expulsion - I've been relatively circumspect in labelling what's been happening to civil liberties in the last year and a half, since... MORE...
  • Insurer of Pensions Out of Money - As companies go bankrupt, the guaranteer of pensions for their workers, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, is now running a... MORE...

    January 25, 2003
  • Budget Savings Through Ignorance - First, Bush started with the Veterans Administration, seeking savings through not telling veterans about the benefits they qualify for. Now,... MORE...

    January 24, 2003
  • Kerry Condemns Unilateralism - It's worth taking a few minutes to read this long speech by John Kerry detailing his foreign policy vision. I... MORE...
  • NC GOPer Switch Gives State Assembly to Dems - Nice to see southern GOPers switching to the Democratic party-- and switching party control of state houses away from the... MORE...
  • The Dumbest Argument Against Immigration - From FrontPage magazine comes the tired dumbest argument against immigration (one repeated at times on right and left), namely that:... MORE...
  • The National School Board - Complaints are rising about the "No Child Left Behind Bill" which mandates a string of requirements on local education curriculum.... MORE...
  • End of Tax Cut Politics II - In the details of the new New York Times Poll, here are the key questions that show why Bush has... MORE...

    January 23, 2003
  • An Honest Conservative - Okay, this is singling out one crazy rightwinger over at Freerepublic.com but it's too perfect not to share. In a... MORE...
  • Thank God for White House Arrogance - The Bush White House seems dedicated to alienating as much of the world as possible. Responding to the German-France agreement... MORE...
  • Leave No Millionaire Behind Act - Give Daschle credit - or whoever came up with this- since we progressives should repeat this endlessly until the media... MORE...

    January 22, 2003
  • Why Roe was Bad for Abortion Rights - I have mixed feelings on this 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, since I am in that minority faction that... MORE...
  • Rotarians as Global Heros - I don't usually think of the Rotary Club as a bastion of social justice, but its hard to read this... MORE...
  • Why the Rich Don't Need Tax Cuts - From Slate... MORE...

    January 21, 2003
  • State of the (Government for Sale) Union - The accompanying picture is a poster from Public Campaign, one of the only organizations promoting real campaign finance reform. As... MORE...
  • Lies About Feminism - Alas, a Blog has a great post about how conservatives, now in horror at patriarchal oppression by Islamic sharia, are... MORE...
  • What is "Murder"? - In my In Defense of Al Sharpton post, I discussed the Crown Heights conflict here in NYC and referred to... MORE...

    January 20, 2003
  • On Antiwar Protests - I think Kos's post on why he hates antiwar protests is worth reading. I wish my fellow activists, including folks... MORE...
  • Bush Honors Treason, Racism - Bush can speak nice words today about racism, but his administration honors mass murder in the name of racism than... MORE...
  • Bush Right, UN Wrong - For once, the Bush administration is absolutely right and the United Nations has made an ass of itself. In a... MORE...
  • Labor Monday- MLK Day Edition - Something different this week. I thought I'd spotlight some history of labor leaders and civil rights, especially some early black... MORE...
  • The Numbers Game - The media reports on the weekend marches in DC and San Francisco are ridiculous on undercounting the numbers. Without playing... MORE...

    January 18, 2003
  • Cynicism & Balanced Budgets - Okay, here's the newest GOP cynical move. Pass massive tax cuts promising they won't create deficits. (See GOP Majority Leader... MORE...

    January 17, 2003
  • In Defense of Al Sharpton - CalPundit like The American Prospect is denouncing Al Sharpton as dangerous, "a disgusting, race-mongering cretin" in Kevin's words. Now I... MORE...
  • Blogging Around - Atrios highlights an LA Times article where a white member of California's GOP Central Committee trashes the highest-ranking African American... MORE...
  • Limited Health Care for Veterans & Poor - Well, the White House doesn't want to discriminate. It's limiting health care access for richer veterans at the Veteran Administration... MORE...

    January 16, 2003
  • M$oft Dividend- $38 million Gates tax cut - Microsoft announced its first ever dividend of 16 cents per share and a 2-for-1 stock split. For Bill Gates, who... MORE...
  • Bush Misses Point on Medical Malpractice - Bush is ramping up the campaign to hit consumer rights around medical malpactice. I'd just revive what I said last... MORE...
  • GOP Proposes Extending Recession - Okay, Bush proposes a "stimulus" tax plan that injects most of its money years down the road. And just to... MORE...
  • Supremes Go After Family Leave Act - Dahlia Lithwick at Slate does a good riff on Scalia trying to stage manage a legal attack on the Family... MORE...

    January 15, 2003
  • Supremes Give Disney a Win - In the hotly awaited (at least among techno-legal types) Eldred decision, the Supreme Court decided 7-2 that Congress was constitutionally... MORE...
  • What is a Front? WWP & ANSWER - David Byron in comments doesn't want to take the word of the multiple writers I linked to have experienced the... MORE...
  • End of Tax Cut Politics - On yesterday's CNN Inside Politics, Bill Schneider outlined why Bush's plan is going over like a lead baloon (here's the... MORE...
  • Do Filibuster Rules Survive from last Senate? - The Dems are using their filibuster power to block transition to GOP chairing of all committees and a cut in... MORE...

    January 14, 2003
  • Annan: More in Danger from AIDS than Iraq - Secretary General Kofi Annan is dead on here: More people will die this year of AIDS than even in a... MORE...
  • Soak up the Sun (and Organize) - Speaking of the Workers World Party, Sheryl Crow pretty much summed up how most normal people feel about such rantings... MORE...
  • WWP/ANSWER Expose - [I received this in email and decided to pass it on, since it pulls together a lot of critiques of... MORE...

    January 13, 2003
  • Is Hostility to Civil Rights Racist? - Just One Minute disses Ralph Neas of People for the American Way for stating that the organization does not accuse... MORE...
  • Why MADD is not Crazy - TalkLeft and ElectorLite both recently harangued Mothers Against Drunk Driving for being out of control. While I haven't explored every... MORE...
  • Trente Lotte-- Mix at Your own Pace - See item near bottom. This month, the cafe at Dupont Circle's Kramerbooks served a new $3.25 drink called a "Trent... MORE...
  • In Praise of Joe Millionaire - Okay, okay-- yes deliberately deceiving twenty women in order to induce the worst gold-digging stereotypes, then yanking out the truth... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (1-13) - Over 100 unionists from across the country met to form U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) to promote antiwar... MORE...

    January 12, 2003
  • Meaning of Tolkien: Mercy not War - Some conservatives have evoked The Two Towers and Tolkien in support of preemptive war against evil. Now, aside from Tolkien's... MORE...
  • Justice Dept Killing Civil Service Hiring - More on Bush administration destroying civil service in federal government: Now the Justice Department has killed civil service hiring of... MORE...

    January 11, 2003
  • Dean Zooms into Contention - Howard Dean, just departed governor of Vermont, just became a heavy-hitter in the race for the Democratic nomination for President.... MORE...
  • New Blogroll - Look down the right hand column below the referrers list and you'll see a spanking new blogroll courtesy of blogrolling.com.... MORE...
  • EU tells America to toe the UN line - Or more on why war may not be coming. See this UK Guardian story where the European Union's foreign policy... MORE...

    January 10, 2003
  • Pickering and Anti-Klan Testimony - It's become a mantra of the defenders of Charles Pickering that he "courageously" testified against a Klan leader back in... MORE...
  • Says it All on Fairness - Thanks to Eschaton for image link.... MORE...
  • Pickering : It's Not Just About Race - As Joe Conason emphasizes, despite some latter-day excuses (hey, he didn't perjure himself in testimony against a Klan member), Charles... MORE...
  • Airport Screeners Forbidden to Unionize - It's official. Bush's head of the Transportation Security Administration has declared that labor rights are incompatible with the war on... MORE...

    January 09, 2003
  • Bush's $1.5 trillion Tax Cut - As Max notes, Bush's claim that his tax cut will cost only $670 billion is not exactly accurate. Add in... MORE...
  • Democracy Saved in Israel - Okay, a Supreme Court decision I approve of. Not in the US, but in Israel where I was about ready... MORE...
  • Why Iraq War Looks Unlikely - Well, the warhawks are having a bad week. First the embarassment of the ridiculousness of Bush's stand, or lack thereof,... MORE...
  • Double Taxation- Take Two - Well- it turns out that Bush's plan does address the issue of corporate non-taxpayers, not by doing anything to eliminate... MORE...

    January 08, 2003
  • Genoa Police Admit Framing Global Justice Protesters - *** Read this BBC News article. Genoa was the summer 2001 center of global justice protest where one protester was... MORE...
  • Schumer to Filibuster Pickering Nomination - Bush has renominated Trent Lott ally Charles Pickering. With Lott keeping high-power as chair of the Rules committee, this all... MORE...
  • Bloomberg: NYC High-Value Location - I like Bloomberg more and more as mayor. He's not a lefty but just what he bills himself, a businessman... MORE...

    January 07, 2003
  • Airlines' New Anti-union Legislative Assault - The airline industry is looking for new laws to curtail the right of airline unions to strike, which falls under... MORE...
  • Why Does Bush Hate Single Workers? - In outlining his tax plan (see this fact sheet from the White House), Bush emphasizes the benefits for working families... MORE...
  • Bush's Trick Rhetoric-- Dividends vs. Capital Gains - In announcing his plan to leave dividends untaxed, there was an additional argument by Bush for his plan: The president... MORE...
  • Why Bush Will Lose: Demographics of Dem Victory - The Future Belongs to Us I've stated repeatedly over the last six months my conviction that Bush will lose in... MORE...

    January 06, 2003
  • Myth of "Double Taxation" and Dividends - Suddenly a new horror stalks the land-- "double taxation" of corporate profits. The solution-- tax-free dividends in Bush's new "stimulus"... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (1-6) - AFL-CIO President John Sweeney has denounced Bush's proposal for elimination in taxes on dividends as "class warfare" against workers.... MORE...

    January 03, 2003
  • Assault on Medicare Begins - As this NY Times article outlines, the assault by Bush and the new Senate Majority Leader from HCA on Medicare... MORE...
  • Why Even Track 240,000 Lost Jobs? - On Christmas Eve (nicely dumping the story per Bush practice on a night to bury the story), the Bush administration... MORE...

    January 02, 2003
  • South Korea, Once a Solid Ally, Now Poses Problems for the U.S. - This headline of a story in today's New York Times essentially summarizes much of the world after Bush's actions in... MORE...

    January 01, 2003
  • Bush's Failed Texas "Tort Reform" to Go National - Bush had two signature policy iniatives as Governor of Texas. The first was his education reform, which numerous studies have... MORE...
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    February 21, 2007
  • Amnesia on the Death of Reconstruction - I am going to pick on Brad Delong precisely because he is a brilliant and well-educated academic-- and his list... MORE...

    February 18, 2007
  • So What if Mitt Wants A Person of Faith as President? - There's a bit of a furor that Mitt Romney declared:We need to have a person of fiath lead the country.So... MORE...

    February 16, 2007
  • States Taking Action Against Iraq Escalation - So the New York Times is covering the story that resolutions denouncing Bush's Iraq Escalation have been introduced in over... MORE...

    January 01, 2007
  • Wal-Mart Doing Good for Environment - Seriously. This initiative by Wal-Mart to promote energy-saving light bulbs is a major environmental initiative. "Compact fluorescent" bulbs fit in... MORE...

    December 22, 2006
  • Dems' Stupid Positioning on Minimum Wage - As a followup to discussing why politicians need to appeal to a broad consensus, it's worth emphasizing that it's easier... MORE...

    December 21, 2006
  • Obama and the Need for Large Progressive Majorities - I've been as disappointed as many other progressive bloggers with Obama's bad votes on tort reform and seeming trimming of... MORE...

    December 13, 2006
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    November 27, 2006
  • Ecuador Goes Left - Another country moves left-- whatever you want to say, Bush has been very good for reviving the global left, especially... MORE...
  • Building a Progressive Majority in the Statehouses - The Progressive States Network today rolled out its legislative agenda for the 2007 session and is looking to promote it... MORE...

    November 13, 2006
  • The Future Belongs to US - While the actual results seem razer-thin in this election, I'll be bold and argue that they are part of a... MORE...

    November 11, 2006
  • Pro-Labor "Conservative Democrats" - One more nail in the narrative that the victory of a few moderate Democrats means this election is really a... MORE...

    November 10, 2006
  • The Collapse of Tax Cut Politics - You can check out Progressive States rundown of progressive successes in the states on Tuesday, but I want to focus... MORE...

    November 08, 2006
  • A Good Night for Progressives - Let's be clear-- this wasn't just a good night for Democrats. It was a good night for progressives, and no... MORE...

    November 01, 2006
  • Labor Cold War Ends - New International Labor Federation - At the dawn of the Cold War, the international union movement divided up between the ICFTU, dominated by US and Western European unions, and the World Confederation of Labor, largely allied with the Soviet Union. It's taken a decade and a half, but the irrelevancy of that division will end today as the two federations merge-- bringing together 241 labor organizations from 156 countries representing 190 million workers. The new International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a good step for a labor movement looking to globalize itself in the taking on global capital power.... MORE...

    October 19, 2006
  • Immigrant Poor Send More Foreign Aid than US Govt - The United States government spends less money on foreign aid as a percentage of its budget than almost any other... MORE...

    October 17, 2006
  • - Valuing Families:  State Legislative Models Brought to you by Progressive States and MomsRising What would a policy that really values families look... MORE...

    October 09, 2006
  • Emaciated Models, Labor Regulation - There's a bit of debate in the blogosphere around Spain's new law banning underweight models from the runways in that country. See Jordan, Amanda at Pandagon and Lindsay Beyerstein at Majikthise on whether this is an intrusive regulating violating free expression or something like that and whether OSHA safety regulations are appropriate. Just to throw my two cents in-- any broader OSHA approach would seem cumbersome and bureaucratically intrusive in a deep way. But the original Spanish proposal is brilliant in its high-impact, low-intrusion approach. Regulate only the fashion week type runways, where in a single spotcheck, models can be... MORE...

    October 03, 2006
  • Big loss for Labor-- - The National Labor Relations Board ruled today that a range of professionals are now deemed "supervisors" and thus lose all protections under labor law. That means if they say a positive thing about unions, their bosses are free to fire them at will. The AFL-CIO has more here. To put this denial of labor rights in perspective, 32 million workers or 25% of the workforce already have no right to form a union under federal, state or local law (see this GAO report and this ARAW summary). This includes: Supervisors 16.6 million workers, 8 million new supervisors plus traditional 8.6... MORE...

    September 27, 2006
  • Civil War on the Right- Dick Armey trashes Dobson - The economic business- right and the religious right are moving towards total civil war. This piece by former GOP Majority... MORE...

    September 24, 2006
  • Allen the Racist - Three college teammates confirm that George Allen regularly used the N- word: Allen said he came to Virginia because he... MORE...

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