by David Safier You can quibble with the use of the term "intellectual" in some cases. Andrew Golis might have said bright and knowledgeable and insightful instead. On his Talking Points Memo blog, Golis lists Ten Young Progressive Intellectuals Who Make Me Hopeful. I don't know everyone on the list, but the ones I know … Read more
by David Safier This short description rises above snark to summarize in a few words what frightened me most about Sarah Palin. Michael Tomasky writing for the Guardian (yeah, I know that's in the UK) about his picks for the 19 Worst Americans of 2008 (some Dems made the list, by the way). Palin was … Read more
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by David Safier Read today's Paul Krugman column, Fifty Herbert Hoovers. He takes apart the insanity of massive cuts in state budgets. No modern American president would repeat the fiscal mistake of 1932, in which the federal government tried to balance its budget in the face of a severe recession. The Obama administration will put … Read more
by David Safier From today's Bob Herbert column, Stop Being Stupid: We have behaved in ways that were incredibly, astonishingly and embarrassingly stupid for much too long. We’ve wrecked the economy and mortgaged the future of generations yet unborn. We don’t even know if we’ll have an automobile industry in the coming years. It’s time … Read more