Liberal Talk Radio

Ok, this is getting insane. One month before we transfer Iraq over to the Governing Council, we’re raiding the offices of one of it’s members. Not just a random council member, either, but rather the golden boy, the President in Exile, Ahmed Chalabi. This is insane. We’ve cut off payments to his group, the Iraqi [...]

To “discuss the obvious.” Well, at least that’s more than Gore did. I wonder if Nader’s going to pick McCain as his running mate. For serious analysis of where kerry stands right now, see Josh Marshall’s Monday post. It’s all you need to know. Aside from underestimating the number of swing voters and overestimating the [...]

This month’s issue of Harper’s has a collection of postings from TacticalJobs.com. Check out the classifieds if you have time. These guys who go tear-assing around Iraq in armor-plated Suburbans and wrap-around sunglasses at $12,000/month are a problem. The Iraqis have no use for them, and neither do the enlisted men and women. I want [...]

Those of you who listened to the show on Monday remember our discussion of the rise and fall of Internet grocery stores. Apparently they’re making a comeback. Guess you can’t keep a good idea down. It’s interesting — we’re starting to see all the excess capacity and knowledge that was built up during the tech [...]

I’m watching Nightline tonight and there’s a story on John Kerry, Catholicism, Abortion, and Communion. For those who haven’t been following, see my previous post. A Colorado Bishop is being interviewed by Nightline because he’s going to stop administering the sacrament of Holy Communion to parishoners who disagree with him politically. Ok, fine, be that [...]

I was listening to Weekday on my way in this morning, and I listened to James Lilley, a former Ambassador to China and old CIA hack. Fascinating to listen to him tell stories of detaining and interrogating the Pathet Lao in ’68, etc… There was one point where Steve Scher, the host, asked him what [...]

While we in the U.S., with all of our privileges, education, and economic means, drive ever forward into the nationalist, isolationist darkness, leave it to the “3rd World” country of India to show a path away from nationalism and towards a forward looking, secular society. Cheers to India!

Well well well. Good to see Mr. Bruno has come around to the idea of a flat tax after all. And well argued, to boot. To add just a little … If we progressives are to be better than our opponents, then we must not fear to give credit for good ideas to those with [...]

The Democrats have a real chance to pull an upset in the fall elections, if they can get their message straight. They’ve got to pull out some fresh ideas, and presesnt them in interesting ways. The place to do this, of course, is the Democratic National Convention this summer. Here’s a couple of ideas that [...]

This just in America — you may be responsible for higher gas prices. According to this article in the Detroit Free Press, gas consumption is up 24 percent since 1990. Why? You guessed it: the dramatic growth in SUV and light truck ownership — a 74 percent increase from 1990 to 2001. Matski says, “I [...]