Liberal Talk Radio

Sotomayor gets the nomination, New York revitalizes its streets and finally, GM goes for broke.

As you’ve probably heard, the California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8, which bans “gay marriage” in the state. People are pretty shocked (and understandably upset) about the ruling, but after reading the details of the case, I can’t say I’m surprised by the result: Supporters of same-sex marriage, who filed several suits challenging the proposition [...]

Closing Guantanamo, new fuel efficiency standards take effect and finally, California edges closer to bankruptcy. Links Mentioned: Gail Collins on Gitmo politics, Paul Krugman on California.

A Times op-ed today questions the usefulness of all the commemorative coins out there. Something I learned: Those of you (ahem and ahem) who are busy railing against the penny may or may not realize that this year is a bad time to bang the drum: In 2009, the United States Mint will mint and [...]

Dan Savage read this and said, WTF? A handful of gay-rights proponents sided with Republicans in the Democratic-controlled House to vote down the bill 188-186 Wednesday, hours after the Senate approved the gay-marriage legislation by 14-10 along party lines. I had a similar reaction. New Hampshire has almost 400 legislators in the lower house? And [...]

The Bush administration’s torture legacy, Obama and abortion politics, and fianally, our international news roundup. Links Mentioned: the Pelosi thing … Obama’s Notre Dame speech … Jeff Goldberg on Bibi’s visit … the Rumsfeld slides

If we can recast public financing of healthcare as a way to starve the rest of the beast, as Bob Packwood* sort of argues (if you squint) then there might be an opening to finally see it happen: So Americans have a choice. We can spend 40 percent of our G.D.P., and provide services like [...]

The bank stress tests, “Don’t ask don’t tell” … don’t work and finally, Star Trek and the triumph of American liberalism. Links Mentioned: stress tests … Dana Stevens on Star Trek… Don’t ask fails again

You don’t see many people begging to have the world’s Most Dangerous People given a new home in their backyards, but that’s how desperate Michigan has become. In a nutshell, former governor John Engler is suggesting that Michigan offer the Upper Peninsula as a new home for a prison for the suspected terrorists who have [...]

Specter switches parties, Justice Souter retires, and finally: one of the big three takes a tumble. forclosure legislation … inflation fears … Chrysler’s bankruptcy terms … the view from Detroit … Chrysler’s manufacturing base.