Liberal Talk Radio

I’ve heard from a lot of Bush supporters that they voted for Bush simply because he had a vision, and Kerry did not. Hard to argue with that. The Democrats haven’t really had a new idea since, oh… 1964? Ok, I’ll give you environmentalism and international human rights in the 70s. [...]

I’ve been floating around this idea recently, of a website that takes as input your tax bill and spits out what your share of the budget amounts to. For example, you’d enter that you paid $3,000 in federal taxes, and it would tell you that $500 of that went to the Dept. of Defense, [...]

Watching TV last night, they started talking about the Inauguration parties. Seriously, as much of a political dork as I might be, the thought of a party in DC reminds me of the “safe” parties that they used to throw in the dorms when I was an undergrad. The ones that no one [...]

I suppose it would be good of me to get a word or two in here about the president’s Inaugural address yesterday. I thought it was eloquent, as a piece of oratory. It will definitely go down in history as a memorable one. I liked the way he talked of freedom and [...]

I watched a bit of Condi Rice’s confirmation hearings. I didn’t expect much of interest, and I didn’t get much. A couple things stood out, though.
First, when criticized (mostly by Sen. Boxer) for not owning up to any mistakes about the Iraq occupation, Rice said she’d rather “let history be the judge.” [...]

If only I were a member of the White House press corps. One question, above all others, that I’d love to hear someone ask the President:
“Mr. President, having won a clear mandate for your policies in re-election, when can we expect your administration to move forward with the Federal Marriage Amendment you supported during [...]

David Brooks is still admonishing Democrats to become compromisers. After NCLB, after the Medicare Presctription Drug Act, after the Homeland Security Act… after President Bush and the GOP congress has repeatedly used offers of bipartisanship to wipe its corporate-fed ass, Brooks still thinks that only the Democrats who still fall for that “uniter-not-a-divider” B.S. [...]

Good article in the Washington Monthly about the potential success of the Clear Skies Act. I must say, I’ve never found the opposition to this act as coherent as I might have thought.
You see, Bruno’s an ardent environmentalist. I proudly contribute to Greenpeace, I spend every moment I can in the outdoors, [...]

Every once a decade, or so it seems, something actually changes on the political makeup of the Abortion debate. As the two major political parties continue to dance around the issue, something odd and… interesting… is happening.
On the right, Ken Mehlman has asked a pro-choicer to co-chair the RNC. And simultaneously, [...]

So I’m pretty sure that Jonah Goldberg is arguing, that, if you have to choose between dead Communists and dead nuns, it’s preferable to have dead nuns. But I could be wrong. I must admit I have a really hard time following the logic in this column. You see, as with most [...]