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I'm curious to know when you were first online, and if anyone remembers the pre-internet days of online culture. Read More
The right-wing virtuecrats and their liberal supplicants (the Tipper Gores of this world) have succeeded in turning the discourse about pop culture away from esthetics, and ideology, and into a referendum on indecency, forcing those of us who oppose restrictions on speech to stand side by side with some rather unsavory, reactionary characters. Read More
Those of you who have bothered to read my posts over time here know that I lean in the moderate direction on many issues. My idealpolitik may be anarcho-libertarian, but until that utopia becomes possible (something I don't particularly expect in my lifetime, if ever), I'm perfectly willing to settle for a reasonably just and compassionate America. As such, my practical politics lean to the right of many people here. Read More
I'm writing today to express my deep and profound outrage and anger at the imminent passage of the so-called bankruptcy reform bill. Although we have seen the steady erosion of middle class economic security in the last several decades, this legislation represents a cruel and unprecendented assault on middle class families who have fallen into misfortune, and flies in the face of anything remotely resembling decency. And the fact that so many Democrats in both chambers would help to enable it will I believe be a wake-up call to the American people (of all political persuasions). Ralph Nader's prophecy has finally, it seems, come to pass. There really is no difference between Democrats and Republicans on bread and butter economic issues. Read More
No, really. Its better than Howard Beale.
Here are a few highlights: Read More
Echoing the idiot myopia of the official organs of reactionary centrism - the New Republic, the Washington Post, et al - Jonathan Chait writes in today's LA Times that Howard Dean is a horrible (horrible!) choice for DNC chair. Read More
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