Zombie Politics

Breaking Bad , the A&E series that ended its acclaimed run last year (2008-2013), was a parable of desperation, pride and hubris. Quie...

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...