Robert Reich writes:
Are we approaching another turning point, like 1968, but one that reverses the great pendulum of American politics and moves the nation back to the left? The George W. Bush presidency has been such an abject failure — only 26 percent of Americans approve of the job he has done — that America […]
What had been going along as a relatively boring, technocratic session has become the traditional legislative freak show thanks to Chris Buttars and the homophobes of the Republican majority. Frankly, the majority of Utah legislators are just plain old fashioned anti-gay bigots. They can dress it up in all the pretty language they […]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has found out that more that 900,000 people are currently listed as suspected terrorists on the US government’s “do not fly” list, and that number will grow to beyond 1 million by summer.
“Homeland Security’s handling of the watch lists is typical of this administration’s blundering approach to the war […]
One of the favorite tactics of Republicans, especially in the era of Karl Rove, is voter suppression. This is the grab bag of legal requirements and sometimes dirty tricks aimed at discouraging poor people and minorities from voting.
When you hear claims of “voter fraud” coming from the GOP, watch out. They are pushing […]
Hugo is up to his old tricks - offering a brilliant and insightful post in which he writes:
We can experience real grief over a choice we’ve made while being immensely grateful to have had that choice in the first place. Divorce is, in this instance, similar to abortion. No one has sex saying “Gosh, I […]
It’s been a fun week already at the Trib’s discussion boards thanks to Zach Maxfield of Logan who wrote that Mormons aren’t homophobes, they just love gay people so much they want them to become straight people. Okay, I’m paraphrasing. Zach’s exact words were:
[God] counsels us to never condone or accept evil behavior. Homosexual acts […]
This video from The Onion proves it. You’ll notice the voting machine in the piece is the very one most Utahns will be using until we get informed enough to toss them in the Great Salt Lake and save millions of dollars in the process.
I can dream.
This is not the first time Diebold machines have […]
Once again the British newspapers are telling us what our own media prefer to ignore. The Times of London estimates the total cost of invading and occupying Iraq at more than $3 trillion. This makes the Iraq fiasco more costly than any American war except World War II.
Costs for 2008 are projected to […]
Ka—BoooooooooM
Update: YouTube video of former governor Don Siegelman telling his story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymqcU5zOPSg
h/t ThinkProgress
Last night, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired its long-awaited report on Alabama’s incarcerated former governor Don Siegelman, featuring allegations that Karl Rove personally told a Republican operative in the state to find evidence that Siegelman was cheating on his wife.
Siegelman, a Democrat, was convicted in […]
In today’s New York Times Magazine, Elizabeth Rubin has the best article I’ve read in some time about our guys in Afghanistan — she embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Americans have gotten caught up in ancient local rivalries. Progress is slow to nonexistent. The only way to find the enemy is […]
I wonder how a Bush Lover would hear this? Do they still think the heavy-handed unilateral approach to terrorism is the proper course? Are they really still so afraid they are willing to subvert the constitution and the rule of law?
It must feel like being betrayed by a lover who used and abused […]
I think we are reaching a nadir in the American consciousness. There are so many indicators both large and small. The surprising populist movement lead by Barack Obama is an obvious one. The changing language and focal points of the Right-Wing are another. Almost no one is left in the media nor in politics […]
I’ve been thinking for a long about the issue of sexism in Utah politics. Jenny Wilson rightly pointed out that she was asked questions that none of her male counterparts were asked during the Mayor’s race. At the same time, Gayle Ruzicka is incredibly influential in Utah politics - sure, she’s nasty and […]
This very clever and enjoyable video has over 1.3m views SO FAR!
During last night’s debate, I heard something from Senator Barack Obama that I hadn’t heard before. The candidate and his staff are in touch with some members of the military, and listening to what they say. This is a necessary quality for anyone who wants to do well in the job of Commander […]
Remember when Americans were outraged that the military was buying toilet seats and hammers for six hundred dollars and passing the bill onto the taxpayers. Ah, the good old days!
I set my alarm clock to the Diane Rehm show on NPR at 9:00 a.m. every morning. If you live in Utah, it is one of […]
In Harper’s, Scott Horton writes about The Great Guantánamo Puppet Theater. The problem with the military commission trials is that they are really political tribunals controlled by Vice President Dick Cheney. The trials of six “high-value detainees” linked to the attacks on 9/11 are timed to coincide with the 2008 election, and the […]
Sen. Chris Buttars listens to Cristy Gleave, of Salt Lake City … (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune)
For the edification of those convinced lynching is some term from the spaghetti westerns - it’s not all fun games kids.
Photos from “Without Sanctuary“. From 1882 to 1930 - 48 years - more than 1 African American was lynched each and every for a total of over 2500 murdered by mobs. In the same era, […]
I knew he could do it. President George W. Bush has beaten Nixon’s low approval rating (23%) and Harry Truman’s all-time record low (22%). He’s the least popular president since polling began, with a 19 percent overall approval. It’s in the latest American Research Group poll.
Ironically, Bush scored the highest approval rating […]
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