The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    David Corn and Kevin Drum Are My New Favorites!

    By stillidealistic on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 1:22am |
    I've got about ten different posts swirling in my head, and some are more pressing than others. The most fundamental one deals with the systemic problems of our two party set up. And as much as I think we need...

    The Liberal Tea Party

    By Ripper on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 5:37pm |
    Congratulations to those on the Left who feel marginalized and abused by Democrats. You and the Tea Party of the Right now have something in common.Anger is easy. Frustration is natural. Government and politics are not all we would have...

    Damn the Torpedoes: Pass Health Care Now

    By Ripper on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 7:01am |
    Intractable critics of health care reform legislation are overlooking a fact as cold as their hearts and hard as their heads: Killing health care reform will kill Americans.The legislation that Democrats are racing to finalize while they still retain their...
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    THE GOOD OLE DAYS

    By Richard Day on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:54pm |
    Paul Harvey Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 The Whole Duty of Man Ecclesiastes 12; 9-119  ¶ And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and...
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    Robertson, Limbaugh and Why They Matter

    By Ramona on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 8:54pm |
    Hour by hour, day by day, we've been watching the devastation that is Haiti.  The plight of that sad, forgotten country is being forced on us in such a way that it is no longer possible to turn away from...
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    From a So-called "Bot" in Regard to the So-called "Children"

    By stillidealistic on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:25pm |
    For the sake of this piece, "bots" are those who are accused of blindly supporting Obama, no matter what, and "children" are those who have either given up on or are so pissed off at him that they are considering...
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    THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN

    By Richard Day on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 7:56am |
    Benedict Arnold V January 14, 1741 - June 14, 1801 (aged 60) Warning Against Enticement  8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction        and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  9 They will be a garland to grace your head...
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    Howard Zinn: We Cannot Tolerate War

    By oleeb on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 1:04pm |
      I read somewhere not too long ago that Professor Howard Zinn is the greatest living American.  Personally, I find that statement hard to argue with.  He has spoken eloquently and acted decisively against war, against the abuses and excesses...
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    Healthy Additions to Foods and Some Supplements to Explore

    By we are stardust on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 1:01pm |
    There have been so many blogs and comments about health care, food, healthy eating, pharmaceuticals, and so forth lately, I thought I'd add my two cents about common kitchen ingredients (and below that section some supplements) that can have beneficial...
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    Getting Down To Basics...It's the Ethics, Stupid.

    By stillidealistic on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 8:39pm |
    Somewhere in the process of growing up, I learned to problem solve, and after being married to the same man for 37 years, raising children, and owning my own business for 20 years, I am pretty good at it. One...
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    ORACLES

    By wws on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 7:27pm |
    Donal has reminded us how prescient George Orwell and Aldous Huxley were in their imaginings of the future. To that roster of insightful seers I would like to add Doris Lessing, who wrote The Golden Notebook in 1962.  Perhaps...

    UPDATE: Dancing With The Senators: Sen. McCain Sidesteps Re: Reid, Plays Us For Dips

    By azpaull on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 5:14pm |
    Sen. McCain didn't want to look back at his VP choice - and got pretty snippy with Matt Lauer while apparently saying he didn't know what vetting process was conducted - but he had no problem looking back to Trent...
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    Where's the Outrage?

    By stillidealistic on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 2:02am |
    By now we've all heard some of the stories in the new book, "Game Change." Harry Reid has gotten the most press I've heard for his insensitive remarks (which I really can't get too upset over given that they were,...
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    A SIRIUS ALIEN SAGA

    By Richard Day on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 11:47pm |
                                 The tomb of Mayan ruler Pakal (603-683 CE) in Palenque, Mexico.                 Interpreted by Daniken as depicting an astronaut in his spaceship. Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past is a book written in 1968 by...

    Dear Sen. Kyl, Are You A Clever Guy Or A Hypocrite? Did YOU Help Convince Sen. Lott To Step Aside? The Differences That Seven Years and Party Labels Make

    By azpaull on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 5:15pm |
    Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) seven years ago, when a Republican Senate Majority Leader was on the hot seat for his comments about Strom Thurmond and his subsequent explanations: ''I understand a lot of Democrats and liberals generally have had a...
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    Conversely, What Are Your 5 All-time Faves?

    By stillidealistic on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 8:00pm |
    tlees2 queried us about our "worst" movies, and it got me to thinking about my favorites. So how about it? A list of your all-time favorite 5...the ones you watch over and over again, year after year. The ones you...
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    Ben Nelson: "Nationalize Medicaid!"(+) NY Times: "Count us in, you extortionate scumbag!"

    By jollyroger on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 7:20pm |
    Who would have thought that this extortionate scumbag would turn out to point the way towards public option heaven? Having received the (totally proper) assurance that the expansion of medicaid eligibility would not redound to the fiscal detriment of Nebraska,...
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    SUPER SPEECH SUNDAY

    By Richard Day on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 3:16am |
                                                THE SUPER BOWL RINGThe Super Bowl is set for February 7, 2010. Now I have been a legal resident of Minnesota my entire life except for one year in Florida. I will get to the exception in a...
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    How Much Is "Faux" Safety Really Worth? (updated with a poll at the end)

    By stillidealistic on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 5:15pm |
    Have you ever wondered what the planners of the 9/11 attack must be thinking as they see the results of their handiwork? Do you think they ever in their wildest dreams thought they would be so successful?Even from the beginning,...
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    Republicans or Americans?

    By Barth on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 4:21pm |
    We resist, and rightly so, accusing people of being disloyal to their country simply because they criticize the President or oppose his policies. There comes a time, though, when one has to wonder about the motives of those who cannot...
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    My Many First Times

    By amike on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 6:30pm |
    Does one's political virginity grow back? I've had a first time about once a decade since the last 1950s. Hubert Humphrey spoke at my high school in Minneapolis and started the process of weaning me away from family politics. I...
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    BUTT SECTS

    By Richard Day on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 4:54am |
    The Godfather Part II There were a couple small scenes that really get to me in Godfather II. Mobster Hyman Roth wants Michael to invest in Havana in the 50's and the Godfather is hedging his bets. As he is...
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    Leadership

    By Barth on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:51am |
    President Bush debates Sen Kerry, 10/8/04BUSH: Hi, Linda.GRABEL: President Bush, during the last four years, you have made thousands of decisions that have affected millions of lives. Please give three instances in which you came to realize you had made...
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    Ba'itullah Mehsud, Assassination by Predator (update): CIA suicide bomber, remorseful snitch on this very hit. Talk about "blowback"!

    By jollyroger on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:50am |
    “Hard cases”, it is said, make “bad law”. We like the outcome, but we deplore the rule. The news from Swat presents just such a confrontation between a tremendously felicitous result (a genuine Taliban surrender!!—they actually found someone to play...

    LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUMBLEEEEEE! McCain Is Ready To "Knock Some Sense Into Heads", Says Obama Is "LEADING AN EXTREME, LEFT WING CRUSADE TO BANKRUPT AMERICA"

    By azpaull on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 5:49pm |
    Arizona's Senior Senator has two in-your-face radio ads ready to run for his 2010 re-election campaign.  I'll bet he's already bought the airtime on the conservative talker where potential primary (or Tea Party) rival and fmr Rep. J.D. Hayworth holds...

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