Lest We Forget…

Eugene Robinson has a really good muse on the Iraq war in todays column…It starts with this: Eugene Robinson – 4,000 Dead for What? – washingtonpost.com When U.S. military deaths

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Another reason for real leadership in th White House…

It’s not just the laws that have been passed. It’s not just the laws that have been vetoed. It’s not just the laws that GW Bush has said don’t apply

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Where should I keep my nest egg now?

Paul Krugman has an informative column up today… Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn’t the defining moment of the Great Depression. What turned an ordinary

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Just Words for a Good Friday

I’m a liberal, and I loathe the anti-American things Wright said precisely because I believe that the genius of our country is its capacity for self-correction. Progressivism and, yes, hope

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Wednesday Muse, It’s Another Spring Day In SE Texas

I see from my weather report that we are having another anomalous day where the temperature here matches my favorite ares of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Of course in order

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Troubled Times Call For Muses Of The Same

E. J. Dionne Jr. – The Street on Welfare – washingtonpost.com Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they

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