Zombie Politics

I'm waiting for apologies from Kevin Baker, my three commenters and other right wing bloggers. More importantly, so is the president. ...

(As an addendum to Mark's post. ) Ever since the 1970s there has been talk of the Minnesota Miracle, when Wendy Anderson appeared on t...

As I have stated previously... Part of the reason is that Minnesota has structured state tax collections to take advantage of progressive ...

The takeaway from the grand jury decision in Ferguson is not the guilt or innocence of the cop who shot Michael Brown. It's that local o...

To go along with the post from earlier today...

Nicholas Kristof at the New York Times has been writing a series of columns called "When Whites Don't Get It." The reaction o...

The seventh Congressional committee to look into Benghazi has returned their verdict . The final report, from Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michig...

After hearing the verdict and summary explanation of the Grand Jury in the case against Darren Wilson, I think they made the right call. Oth...

A couple weeks ago the president finally entered the net neutrality debate, giving the issue additional visibility. He said that the FCC sho...

Weird...I used to respect this guy...

From a question on Quora   regarding the hatred of Barack Obama... I think it is perhaps inaccurate to say they hate him. I think their r...

Last night, President Obama announced his executive action on immigration and it was truly an historic moment. Honestly, I don't think t...

You know those privacy policies that Internet services have? The ones where they say they can use your data however they like, but they pro...

If I were Hillary Clinton, I'd be very careful about Rand Paul. A message like this resonates with younger voters and makes it NOT a don...

And they happen to be mine... There are a number of reasons why they hate President Obama. 1. Conservatives are very tribal. Anyone that d...

Conservatives love to hate renewable energy like wind and solar because it's "unreliable." The sun don't shine at night, ...

For someone who just lost an election, President Obama looks an awful lot like a winner . That's largely due to his recent trip to Asia ...

As Congress tries to steamroll President Obama into building the Keystone XL pipeline , oil billionaire Harold Hamm says it's a waste of...

From SF Gate... “Obama is the worst thing to ever happen to this country,” declares the wealthy, rakish, silver-haired Newport Beach white...

Jules Verne published Off on a Comet in 1877. Its plot is rather silly, but really no sillier than Interstellar and Gravity. Now one of ou...

Remember, before the election, when Ebola was going to kill us all? The nurse in Maine who wanted to ride her bicycle was endangering everyo...

In a recent CBS interview, the president vowed to move on immigration if Congress does not act. The Republicans may have won the most recen...

Mark and I went to see Interstellar this past Sunday. It's been compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey , a notion perpetuated by director Ch...

Here's an interesting piece from my local paper on how the Democrats won on the issues but lost with candidates. Some choice cuts. -V...

Regarding the election being a referendum on President Obama... This election was a weird referendum on Obama. His core supporters voted ...

US News has an interesting graphic up that shows just how bad voter turnout was in the election last Tuesday. Barely 40 percent in Arkansas...

The Republicans had their day in the sun yesterday winning (for right now) a 52 seat majority to 45 for the Dems. Alaska looks like it will ...

Twas the night before the midterms and all seems lost for the Democrats... I'm still not changing my prediction. It's going to end...

There have been several articles, like this one , that say Republicans win more seats in off election years because Democrats are disappoint...

U.S. Economy Grows at Steady Clip  The economy grew at a solid pace during the third quarter, driven by an uptick in military spending and...