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November 2003 Page

November 30, 2003
  • Why Due Process is a Good Idea - TalkLeft: Detainees: Kidnapped for Reward Money... MORE...
  • Actual Good News for Middle East - The 'Geneva Accord' ceremony is now on, as Arafat faced down hardliners in Fatah to authorize Palestinian participation. Palestinian hardliners... MORE...
  • "Cops of the World" - Once hugely popular, Phil Ochs' biting political music has been forgotten by many, but I was listening to his song... MORE...
  • Is Growth Real III? - Steve Roach, chief economist at Morgan Stanley, is almost the designated head of the skeptics of the "New Economy" and... MORE...
  • More Rightwing Disaffection - Reacting to a Fred Barnes article- Hey, Big Spenders! criticizing GOP spending, Freepers are actually talking about the advantages of... MORE...

    November 29, 2003
  • Corporate Scandals? Cut Enforcement Budgets - The Big Picture caught an underreported story last week-- even as tens of billions of corporate perks were dished out... MORE...
  • Is Growth Real II? - If inflation is being underestimated, then the inflation-adjusted growth numbers we've seen reported are overestimating growth. On top of the... MORE...
  • Matt Y Admits he Was Wrong - Matthew Yglesias has decided that Thanksgiving is a time of atonement, since he has decided that he needs to apologize... MORE...

    November 28, 2003
  • Just Odd- Money Supply Falling - There's a quiet murmur on the edges of the economic profession that the US money supply has been shrinking since... MORE...
  • "Secret" Bush Iraq Trip Shows Policy Failure - As Hesiod notes, Clinton was able to make a day-time trip to Kosovo after that war -- his enthusiastic reception... MORE...

    November 27, 2003
  • Who Watches the Watchers? - GOP staff seem to have been caught red-handed hacking into Democratic files to steal memos and leak them to the... MORE...
  • Unca Max Tells Thanksgiving Story - Take it away Max.... MORE...
  • Is Growth Real? - Now, the fact that growth is way up shouldn't be a surprising. Between massive government debt and personal debt being... MORE...

    November 26, 2003
  • Security Funds for WY- but Not Lady Liberty - Remember New York City? You know, the place were 3000 people were blown up a couple of years ago? Apparently,... MORE...
  • Tax Cut for Car Owners/War on Poor-Disabled - If you own a car, Arnie's your friend with his car tax cut. If you are too poor or too... MORE...
  • A Profile of Carpenters President McCarron - Carpenters President Doug McCarron is a controversial figure, for being too close to Bush, for leaving the AFL-CIO, for centralizing... MORE...
  • Why Progressives Win From Drug Bill - Emma joins in disputing the idea that the Medicare bill is anything good for progressives, citing the popular E.J. Dionne... MORE...

    November 25, 2003
  • Why the Drug Bill Really Sucks - This Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Medicare drug bill could be the political killer for the GOP. All the... MORE...
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  • Rightwing Meltdown on Medicare Bill - I've argued that I think on balance, the advantages of passing the Medicare Prescription Drug bill is larger than the... MORE...

    November 24, 2003
  • Dirty Harry for the Defense - The Practice has always been as much about legal ethics as about courtroom drama. When I was sworn in as... MORE...
  • GOP Pork - Read this at Calpundit about a devastating report by House Dems , a report that details the massive explosion of... MORE...

    November 23, 2003
  • A Forgotten "Witch Trial" of Colonial Slaves - Why isn't this story as well known as the Salem Witch Trials? In 1741 in New York City, a frenzy... MORE...
  • Lula: Global Leader of the Left? - This story notes the rise of Brazil's President Lula da Silva to top leadership in negotiations over the hemisphere's trade... MORE...

    November 22, 2003
  • Financial Privacy: GOP Assaults States Rights - I mean, the GOP talking about "states rights" is a joke at this point, after Bush gutting local civil liberties... MORE...

    November 21, 2003
  • Alternative Poll to AARP on Drug Bill - Stephen Moore of the Club for Growth, the economic rightwing organization, is deadset against the Medicare drug bill and thinks... MORE...
  • This is the Kerry I Thought Would Win - The Kerry I thought would take the nomination was the one who helped lead Vietnam Veterans Against the War and... MORE...
  • AARP's Bogus Poll of Members - Well, I've defended AARP's right to make what I see as a bad strategic decision in supporting the GOP prescription... MORE...
  • Bill Richardson: Vice President? - Bill Richardson, New Mexico governor, former Energy Secretary and former negotiator with North Korea, held a "Love-In" with Howard Dean.... MORE...

    November 20, 2003
  • Rightwingers: Bad Politics in Medicare Bill - Read the Wall Street Journal on the bill. And Robert Novak Neither buys that the privatization is very significant in... MORE...
  • China's Enviro Policy- Smart Innovation - This Salon.com interview with environmental scientists shows how smart the Chinese strategy is in demanding higher fuel standards for cars... MORE...

    November 19, 2003
  • Tech Central: Lobbyists' Whore - Josh Marshall highlights that the web is the newest frontier in corporate corruption. A new article by Nicholas Confessore establishes... MORE...
  • Max on "MediCrap" - Max has a good summary of what's wrong with the bill, but also seems in line with my analysis that... MORE...

    November 18, 2003
  • Don't Bash AARP- Medicare Already Privatized - To repeat, I don't like the Bush Medicare policies, but people shouldn't act like Medicare is some kind of medical... MORE...
  • MA Court Judicial Activism on Gay Marriage - The Mass Supreme Court has deemed Gay Marriage Ban Illegal under the state Constitution. The language of the decision itself... MORE...
  • Seniors: Join Alliance for Retired Americans - For those unhappy with the AARP, there is a better alternative, the Alliance for Retired Americans, which is an AFL-CIO... MORE...
  • Anti-Trust Violation in Grocery Strike? - The grocery chains may be facing an anti-trust lawsuit from locked out union workers, since it turns out they may... MORE...
  • This is Just Sad - China Set to Act on Fuel Economy; Tougher Standards Than in U.S. The Chinese government is preparing to impose minimum... MORE...

    November 17, 2003
  • Pass the Medicare Bill - I think the AARP made a strategic mistake in settling for this Medicare bill, but they no doubt decided that... MORE...
  • Showtime to Air "The Reagans" Nov 30 - See the story here- "We just thought it didn't make sense to prolong this and bring it on next year."... MORE...
  • Smart? Or Self-Deluding and Dangerous? - Okay, Bush may even be putting his administration's lying skills to good use, creating fake muslim leaders to preach moderation... MORE...
  • US Violating Int. Child Labor Convention - The US joins some of the worst nations of the world in violating international child labor standards: In an unusual... MORE...
  • Onion: Congress Raises Exec Min Wage to $565.15/hr - The Onion highlights this important initiative to address those in dire need in our society: "Many of the thousands of... MORE...
  • Spitzer on Bush's Regulation Failures - Read this op-ed by New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, whose office is essentially what passes for real regulation of... MORE...
  • Socialized Internet in Utah? - Well not exactly, but this plan by Utah cities to build a fiber-optic network throughout the state highlights the dirty... MORE...

    November 16, 2003
  • (More) GOP Lies on Jobs - The Center for American Progress scathingly dissects this Heritage Foundation claim that Bush created 1 million jobs in the last... MORE...

    November 14, 2003
  • In Praise of Schumerism - The Wall Street Journal is attributing the current Democratic filibusters as derived from a dangerous doctrine: Schumerism. And what is... MORE...
  • Turkey Abolishes the Death Penalty - Linked from TalkLeft. Turkey has made incredible steps forward on human rights and democracy, now putting to shame the US... MORE...
  • Jobs- and Union-Busting for Africa - The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was officially designed to help Africans by providing more jobs by removing US... MORE...

    November 12, 2003
  • Conservative Doubts on Job Growth - Paul Craig Roberts was a Reagan-era economic official and one of the brain trust that promoted "supply side economics." He's... MORE...
  • Following Directions - Why did Dean get the SEIU endorsement? Apparently, he can follow directions. A Roadmap for Endorsement: As this article details,... MORE...

    November 11, 2003
  • What Makes a Candidate Electable? - There a round of discussion on whether Dean is electable from doubters such as Kevin Drum and John Judis. In... MORE...
  • Support the Borders Strike - A little slow on this, but did want to highlight the strike at Borders Books in Ann Arbor. And for... MORE...

    November 10, 2003
  • Bernstein Whining About Campus Oppression - The whining is coming of course from a tenured teaching position where his conservative views are completely defended by that... MORE...
  • Grocery Strikers Beaten by Anti-union Thugs - Several thugs attacked and beat picketers in the southern California grocery strike, sending at least one to the hospital: Several... MORE...
  • More Illegal Actions by Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart, on top of the rest of its illegal actions is now facing a class action by up to 64,000... MORE...
  • Bush's Deficit- $800 Billion by 2013? - When I posted my recent entry about the massive debt Bush is foisting on our country, a number of comments... MORE...
  • Dividing Up the Education Goodies - The debate on affirmative action in education is odd. What exactly is being fought over? If someone doesn't get into... MORE...

    November 09, 2003
  • Turnabout- Fox Sued for Trademark Violation - Fox has been sued by the music group Arrested Development for using their name for their new sitcom of the... MORE...

    November 07, 2003
  • Fox Lawsuits: More Support for Free Speech - Fox Cable Network is threatening criminal charges against staff members for circulating an email listing staff salaries of everyone in... MORE...
  • It's Over - If the AFSCME endorsement holds up (okay that's big caveat), Dean's essentially locked down the nomination. (Yeah, yeah-- I bought... MORE...

    November 06, 2003
  • Amazing Cartoon Slam on Factory Farming - I'm not a vegetarian type, but this cartoon satire-propaganda against factory farming, the Meatrix is unbelievably well-done.... MORE...
  • Zell Praises Segregationist - Well, Zell Miller just had his Trent Lott moment, proving that his disdain of Northern liberals is still just a... MORE...
  • UI Claims Drop- But No Drop Last Week - This week saw the announcemtn of a large drop in unemployment claims, yet once again last week's announced "drop" was... MORE...

    November 05, 2003
  • Bush Signs Late-Term Abortion Ban - Notice anyone missing? Thanks to Ephemeral Notion.... MORE...
  • SF Minimum Wage Win, Plus COLA - One nice bit of news (though not unexpected) was the decisive win for a citywide minimum wage of $8.50 per... MORE...

    November 04, 2003
  • Too Brilliant - Handing this decision to his supporters is brilliant on too many levels to count.... MORE...
  • A Red State/Blue State Night - Kentucky has gone to the GOP and it looks like Mississippi is following. But Blue State New Jersey has given... MORE...
  • Dean and Confederate Flag - I've avoided blogging on the Dean and Confederate flag comment-- Body & Soul and Max seemed to get it right.... MORE...
  • Update on Political Compass - Well Deltoid has made a chart of where all bloggers who have posted their Political Compass results lay on the... MORE...
  • Are Iraq Attacks "Terrorism" - Josh Marshall says calling these attacks on US military targets "terrorism" is an Orwellian misuse of language. They should be... MORE...
  • Why Lochner Matters - Having engaged in what could seem a historical debate on the Lochner and associated decisions from the early part of... MORE...

    November 03, 2003
  • Medicare "Competition" Would Kill System - A new study shows that forcing traditional Medicare to compete with private plans would kill the system: Democrats generally oppose... MORE...
  • More Bad Legal History - Now Eugene Volokh has jumped into the Lochner fray citing this post by Eric Muller. According to both of them... MORE...

    November 02, 2003
  • Political Compass - On the The Political Compass, I'm about where I'd expect, off on the far left and hard libertarian on social... MORE...
  • Bernstein's Shady Defense of Lochner - Bernstein at the Volokh Conspiracy is positively Bushist in choosing his words to defend the Lochner Court. Responding to criticism... MORE...
  • WorldCom/MCI Should Have Been Left to Die - See Max on the judicial bailout for WorldCom. Here you have a criminal enterprise being given a bailout, while the... MORE...
  • If You Think RIAA Suits are Evil... - How about Monsanto suing its farmer customers? Here's the deal. Many buy seeds from Monsanto and other companies to grow... MORE...

    November 01, 2003
  • Rightwing Seek Overturning of New Deal - If you want proof of the ultimate intentions of conservatives and why filibustering judges is needed, check out the post... 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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