Well, I must say it’s encouraging to see Congress taking steps in the direction of a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The latest move towards repeal is the House voting to allow military commanders to repeal the ban themselves, 60 days after the Pentagon completes its review process in December. Seems like a bit […]
Hat tip- Oliver Willis.
In light of all the hubbub over Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul’s permissive views on racism, I thought I’d link to a series of posts I wrote when his father Ron Paul was running for the Republican presidential nomination. Like father like son, their views and tone-deafness create breathing room for racism.
Racism in Ron Paul’s […]
So, on my walk from the el train to work yesterday, I did a double take while walking into my building. Standing right in front was none other than Alexi Giannoulias, the probably ill-fated* Democratic nominee for Obama’s old senate seat here in Illinois (pictured above, in between a staffer wearing a white shirt and […]
Okay, I’ll be upfront: I don’t know much of anything about President Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. I doubt very much that anyone who doesn’t personally know her does, at least in terms of what kind of justice she would be.
I do however have some thoughts about Obama nominating another woman to the […]
Nope, not even a little bit:
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted a $121,000 grant for a fire department in his Ohio district. But the AP notes what he didn’t mention in his news release was that he voted against the spending bill that included the grants.
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