Liberal Talk Radio

Federalism sucks when it comes to natural disasters (think Katrina, for example) and waging fourth-generation war against the nihilistic forces of international terrorism. Which is to say, I actually don’t see what’s so great about New York City’s aggressive counter-terrorism program:
The cutting edge of the NYPD’s antiterrorism efforts, though, is David Cohen’s Intelligence Division. “We’re [...]

The Senate is talking about $1.4B for Amtrak next year, which is far more than the $800M that Bush wants:
David Johnson, assistant director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, a membership advocacy group, said that if Congress were to go along with Bush’s budget, Amtrak would have to slash service to stay alive.
“At the [...]

Spotted on the discount rack at a local book store:

Lots of fun stuff in this piece on a new condom ad that’s “controversial” because it dares to say that condoms might prevent pregnancy. The ad has been banned in most markets except… Seattle!
I loved this defense from Comcast:
Comcast, the cable provider for both Pittsburgh and Seattle, would not allow Trojan to purchase [...]

After postponing the inevitable for a couple of days there, the Phillies finally do it:
It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
Now, make it 10,000 times.
Bad starting pitching, brutal relief and hardly any hitting. Oh, and lots of booing.
Loss No. 10,000 came Sunday night when Albert Pujols hit two [...]

It’s amazing how Meet the Press can suddenly turn into good television when you have a Senator like Jim Webb who’s actually willing to call out the Republican party for their B.S. about “supporting the troops.” Typically the politicians’ segment of the show is far less interesting than the journalists’. But today [...]

In some newspapers, you might see the phrase “300K” as shorthand for $300,000. But only the streetwise Staten Island Advance can refer to transit projects with such local color:
“Senate committee OKs 300Gs for light rail study”
The article goes on to note that Sens. Schumer and Clinton delivered the cash in briefcases full of small, [...]

There may be a slight reprieve for internet radio broadcasters:
In the wake of an appeals court’s decision not to delay the imposition of a new, expensive royalty scheme, Internet radio broadcasters got an unexpected bit of good news from an unlikely source. During a Congressional roundtable initiated by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), SoundExchange executive director [...]

Brad Plumer wonders if Rep. John Dingell’s support for a carbon tax is a bluff. In other words, Dingell’s constituents are auto workers, and he’s skeptical of climate change proposals, so he’s putting the carbon tax up there for the Machievellian purpose of seeing it fail and saying, “I told you so.”
But Isn’t the [...]