Kate Sheppard

Dana already mentioned her discomfort yesterday at joining in on protests of late. In the run-up to the war, I attended every major protest in New York and D.C., which were invigorating events filled with thousands of Americans from all walks of life. After a long break, I attended an anti-war protest here in D.C. […]

Via Right Wing Watch, ABC News recently ran a story about the Southern Baptist’s declaration on global warming, highlighting the infighting among right-wing Christians on the matter. While the Southern Baptists have come around on the issue, Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins maintains that the movement supporting action on global warming is yet another conspiracy […]

OK, I’ll admit it. We’re seven months into this financial crisis and I still don’t really understand it. I’m guessing there are plenty of others out there who don’t either. Thankfully, the Times saw fit to offer an explainer today. I also found this DIY web comic “Subprime Primer” helpful, and infinitely more amusing. –Kate […]

I got a chance to read over Obama‘s speech again (full text here), which gave me a better chance to evaluate it on not just delivery, but on merits. I find Obama to be a good speaker, but I don’t think he’s amazing. Whenever I hear or read people raving about how moving he is […]

I referred to Robert F. Kennedy‘s landmark speech on GDP last week. Today is the actual 40th anniversary of that address, and to mark it, here’s the entire speech (complete with patriotic soundtrack): What’s particularly salient for me is its relevance today’s environmental concerns, as folks hem and haw at the prospect of even a […]

I think I think Obama‘s much-anticipated speech on race today hit the appropriate tone not just for addressing the Jeremiah Wright flap, but for framing the relevance of his candidacy in general. It was best in the way it framed the discomfort and resentment in the discussion of race in America that has lead to […]

The Florida Democratic Party has The Florida Democratic Party has abandoned their plan for a mail-in vote, after state party leaders expressed concerns with the proposal. In a letter sent to the press last night, Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman asserted that the state would not vote again and expressed disgust with the way […]

I’m over at Take Back America today and tomorrow, catching up on all the buzz in the progressive community. And there’s quite a bit of it this year, with or without a single candidate to put all that energy behind yet. Of course TBA planners couldn’t have predicted the ardor of the primary season when […]

Matt highlights a recent Bloggingheads between Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith discussing how the McCain campaign will relate to the inevitable smears against Barack Obama should he be the eventual nominees. All three are pretty accurate in the wager that McCain will benefit doubly from disavowing these smears, by being able to simultaneously gain the […]