Liberal Talk Radio

I mean, in theory, the rhetorical position is all well and good, but in the long run, how do you continue to defend the legality of something that we’ve all agreed is immoral? Just asking here.

Sometimes it’s hard to wear the title lightly, as the staffers at the Apple retail stores have learned: Sometimes the public misunderstands the purpose of the Genius Bar, mistaking it for a think tank or an intellectual sounding board. David Isom, 29, who decided to defer a legal career in favor of a stint at [...]

It’s time for us progressives to admit that one of our shibboleths — the idea of the perfectly equitable society — has been tried and found wanting. The evidence of educational, social, and economic disparity is all around us. And the gap ain’t closin’ anytime soon. While I hestitate to call modern America a “class-based” [...]

On an ordinary day (do we have those anymore?), I’d probably have something snarky to say about this, but given the tragedies this morning from Baghdad to Bakersfield, it seems petty. It’s especially hard to resist the snark when the president himself is on TV talking about Iraq, comparing it to the early American republic, [...]

One of the great, great side-effects of post-modernism is unintentional subersiveness. See here for a classic example. And I assumed it was some kind of neo-populist grass-roots pro-labor movement. But no, it’s an ad campaign for Universal Studios. The corporate behemoth is mocking itself. How disarming.

The kid bags a few ducks in Kentucky and suddenly he’s a Republican. Kidding aside, I do sympathize with this point of view: Though it sometimes pains me to admit it, President Bush has a defining trait in common with Thomas Jefferson. They are both unbelievably idealistic individuals with a utopian vision of America. It’s [...]

My Dad forwarded me this article from TIME mag, presumably because of the reference to the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which preaches both “Intelligent Design,” and intelligent Northwest mass-transit solutions. A curious hybrid, to say the least. Nevertheless, the TIME article is a good one for anyone who wants a quick primer on the forces behind [...]

Couldn’t resist linking to this one. Of course, savvy Bruno & the Prof listeners have been Podcasting for over a year now…

I don’t have enough first-hand knowledge to judge the performance of the Governator, though I have commented in the past on my support for his support of independent legislative districts in CA. Over the weekend, he did an interview on CNN (I can’t find the transcript online), where he got the question about whether he’d [...]

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