Posted by Morbo David Kuo spent three years working in the White House as deputy director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Something just dawned on him: The Republicans don’t really care about helping the poor! Apparently, Kuo showed up at the Bush White House — after falling off a turnip truck, no […]
Posted by Morbo Andy Warhol is famous for, among other things, claiming that everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. Morbo could not disagree more. Most people don’t get even 15 second of fame — and they like that just fine. A life of quiet obscurity suits most. They’re happy to make a personal impact […]
Posted by Morbo Let’s say you’re in the market for a new stereo. You could go out and buy the cheapest thing you can find. Chances are, however, you won’t enjoy your purchase. It probably won’t sound good and will break down within a year. If you spend more money, you’ll get much better quality […]
Edward Lazarus has an idea that I can enthusiastically support. In fact, I’m disappointed I didn’t come up with the idea sooner. Imagine that a large multinational company, in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, takes a $400 million charge against earnings, representing the cost of a new service that the company […]
Senate Dems are facing a 55-45 GOP majority and a midterm election that’s still 21 months away. On the other hand, this has been a surprisingly good week. A combination of polls in key states, potential Republican challengers opting not to run and Democratic incumbents deciding to run for re-election have complicated the Republican 2006 […]
It’s a rare moment of disagreement with my friend Poppy, but I’m glad to see Howard Dean support Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) for re-election in ’06, even though Jeffords isn’t literally a Dem. Poppy argues that the chairman of the DNC shouldn’t endorse non-Democrats. As a general rule, that’s hard to disagree with. But in […]
I know this probably isn’t going anywhere, but it’s good to see the discussion unfold anyway. House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) introduced bipartisan legislation today to repeal the 22nd amendment, which states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Representatives Berman (D-CA), Pallone (D-NJ), Sabo […]
Nico Pitney raised a great point at Think Progress the other day that I wanted to follow up on. Nico noted the competing and disparate reactions to Ward Churchill, whose comments on 9/11 I found deplorable, and Jerry Falwell, who offered some equally insane reactions to 9/11. On one hand, you have Ward Churchill, the […]
It’s been about a week since NARAL Pro-Choice America offered a bold challenge to abortion-rights opponents — let’s reduce abortions by focusing on prevention. [W]e should agree on an equally fundamental point: America would be a better country if no woman ever faced the difficult choices posed by an unintended pregnancy. What better way to […]
I can appreciate why congressional Republicans are all worked up over the president’s most recent trial balloon about raising payroll taxes, but they shouldn’t be too worried about the White House sticking to any preconceived ideas — they don’t appear to have any. First, an increase in payroll taxes was off the table. “We will […]