LOOKING FOR EVIL IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES. To follow up on Matt’s point below, the GOP’s scaremongering on terror has become downright comical. They’re hysterical over the prospect that terrorists will board a plane, fly to Mexico, spend months planning and making the deadly cross-desert trek, arrive in the US dehydrated and exhausted, and […]
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LATINO ASSIMILATION FACTS….
LATINO ASSIMILATION FACTS. Along with the fake issue of immigration and national security is the fake concern that Hispanic immigrants don’t assimilate. For example, Robert Samuelson earns his bones today as one of those white pundits, employed by white editors, writing for an audience of white people, who has the courage to speak uncomfortable “truths” […]
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What Forest?
One more thought on this CDC Report. I recognize that most folks got their information from the Washington Post article, but it seems our emphases were all off. While the phrasing of treating women as “pre-conception” was deeply discomfiting, the actual medical advice and data offered was all sound. If we want to remain the […]
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IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL…
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY. Heather Hurlburt notes that the American people definitely see immigration as a national security issue and politicians need to deal with that reality. And so they do. But is immigration a national security issue? I don’t really see why. No terrorists have ever been apprehended trying to cross the border from […]
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GORE WATCH. …
GORE WATCH. Whether Al Gore is gearing up for another run or just jumping back into the public eye to promote his coming movie, his reentry into the media’s consciousness has been brilliant. Many of you have already seen his Saturday Night Live clip, where President Gore addresses the successes (end of global warming) and […]
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HOW TO ARGUE…
HOW TO ARGUE LIKE A HAWK. As you may recall, a little while back Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadenijad sent George W. Bush a somewhat rambling letter. One passage in the letter noted that if the billions of dollars spent on the Iraq War had instead been spent on fighting global poverty and improving worldwide public […]
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Women Need These Guidelines More Than A Fish Tank Needs a Bicycle
I’m a huge fan of Echidne, but this assault on the CDC’s new “preconception health report” (pdf) is wrongheaded. Women — and for that matter, men — are already told to maintain proper nutrition, exercise regularly, resist smoking, properly treat chronic conditions, and maintain a healthy weight. That a crew of doctors, on Mother’s Day, […]
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GATOR GONNA GETCHA….
GATOR GONNA GETCHA. Now this is alarming. From 1948 to 2005, 17 people have been killed by alligators in Florida — about 0.30 deaths per year. In 2006, so far three alligator-related fatalities have occurred — a tenfold increase over the trend. If this keeps up, 30 people will die next year, 300 in 2008, […]
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PAGING DR. CLOONEY….
PAGING DR. CLOONEY. If Robert DeNiro purchases the New York Observer, does this mean that it�s only a matter of time before George Clooney acquires the Prospect? We were on record calling Clooney “a great American” way before it became fashionable for right wingers to rag on him. Heck, Clooney and I were even quoted […]