HCR: Count Me Out!

I have spent the last few days reading numerous blog posts on whether progressives should continue to support the Senate Bill on healthcare reform.  These would include posts by Ezra Klein, Nate Silver and Kevin Drum on the pro-side and posts on Daily Kos and FireDogLake on the Con side. I have come to the...

Is Facebook unethical, clueless or unlucky?

This post is a verbatim repost of Jason Calacanis’ email distribution. I am doing this because I find Facebook’s behavior in this matter repulsive and I am seriosly debating whether to cancel my account as a result. The bottom line here is that if you clicked through the recent terms pop up like...

US Health Care Reform: Made in…Afghanistan?

Stephen M. Walt, commenting on Obama’s recent AfPak escalation and the incongruity of domestic spending initatives vs expensive foreign military endeavours on the part of the US: As I’ve said before, Americans have come to believe that spending government revenues on U.S. citizens here at home is...