Well TPMCafe is up and running and I feel like I’ll be entertained and informed for the next decade without interruption. Josh did a great job designing the site and has brought some real talent on board with him.
My reactions to the site after Day 1 are threefold. First, it looks like TPMCafe will be […]

“Deep Throat” has finally unmasked himself. The anonymous source that fueled Woodward and Bernstein’s investigation into Nixon and Watergate has revealed himself after three decades of secrecy. It turns out that he was the second highest ranking FBI official at the time and his name is W. Mark Felt. Without question, Felt is a national […]

One of the truly puzzling things about the America’s current geopolitical attitude towards China is that we embrace China as an economic partner, while sporadically being critical of their horrendous human rights violations. Let me go a step further, because this is what really puts me in knots. When American politicians and media types are […]

I found this interesting post on Huffington’s new site. Norm Ornstein places the invasion of D-Day, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Bush’s promise to veto any funding for stem cell research. In each instance, American leaders had to decide to sacrifice human life in order to further a higher good. With D-Day and […]

Doesn’t it seem like everyone in America, including the Administration, has checked out of the situation in Iraq? Everyone, that is, except Juan Cole. He just unloaded a long post on all the things that are wrong with Iraq right now. He offers no solutions because he claims there are none. Absolutely […]

The retirement of Chief Justice Rehnquist is approaching. Liberals, envisioning a battle against the stronger and nastier Far Right, are casting themselves as white robed protectors of Good and the Constitution. Conservatives see it the same way, except they cast the liberals as the conniving, cur-like goblins. It’s very much shaping up to be a […]

Taking a brief pause from our Deal discussion, I just remembered something that pissed me off during the 2004 campaign.
Meet the Press had a couple of great guests one night: the Chairmen of the DNC and the RNC. During the discussion, the topic of stem cell research was brought up. In response hearing that […]

In his response to the Deal, Dobson announces that, well, he’s pretty pissed. That’s a given. But read the last few lines:
“This Senate agreement represents a complete bailout and betrayal by a cabal of Republicans and a great victory for united Democrats. Only three of President Bush’s nominees will be given the courtesy […]

From FilibusterFrist.com:
“The judges that now stand to join the federal judiciary, what of them? Many Americans consider them extreme or unqualified; enough senators to sustain a filibuster saw them in the same light. If they garner approval, it will be nominal - not because of their merits. They will pass through the Senate only because […]

The Republican Party isn’t going anywhere. I honestly believe that Democrats, the country, and the Republicans will be better off if the GOP can drag itself back to the center.
This is why I am taking such a weak stance on the compromise. That’s right, I admit that I am taking a (typically Democratic) weak view […]