Thursday, May 21, 2009

On the Surprising Ability of Newts to Regenerate (and the Unsurprising Pandering of the Mainstream Media to the Right)

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In a posting yesterday, I noted the (not surprising) way the mainstream media continue to fawn over Newt Gingrich, even as he represents no...

At the Crossroads: White House Meeting with Human Rights Groups Yesterday

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A number of news reports today link to what I wrote yesterday about the divide between progressive idealist and pragmatist wings of the Oba...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Thought for the Day: Alice Miller on Facts That Do Not Count--At First

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Again and again, I am deeply affected by facts that do not count for others—at first. Alice Miller, The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Tra...

Ideas Have Consequences: Progressive Pragmatists, Idealists and the Future of Obama Administration

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In my wrap-up posting about Mr. Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame, I concluded, If there is going to be a resurgence of progre...

Newt Continues His Reign: Eric Boehlert on Mainstream Media's Reliance on Gingrich for Catholic Stories

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In my assessments of President Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame this past weekend, I noted that the mainstream media continued it...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Thought for the Day: Telling Truth Yields Doing Truth

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It takes two to speak the truth,--one to speak and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau, A Walk on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

2922 Days (8 Years and 2 Days): When Will Coretta Scott King Be Heard?

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And, today, I want to reissue this appeal once again. I am doing so now in light of continued discussion ( here and here and here ) of M...