Kurt Andersen, the popular NYC NPR host of Studio 360, has a column long overdue in a mainstream newspaper, especially the NY Times: Our Politics Are Sick

 
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That Carl Paladino may be elected governor of the state of New York won’t have much direct impact on people in the state of California. Much more will result … [Keep reading >>]

I think I should start a Know Your Enemies feature, make sure we are peeping over the warm cocoon of our own certainties. This guy Glenn Beck, doncha know, … [Keep reading >>]

Last week a minor brouhaha erupted on right wing blogs, dutifully reported by major media, over the purported implications of selected paragraphs and sentences of e-mail and other documents stolen … [Keep reading >>]

Friday night, State Senator Mark Leno appeared at a joint DFA-Marin/PDA-Marin meeting to discuss the state of the state (California budget cuts, 2/3 requirement of the legislature to pass a … [Keep reading >>]

President Obama and all the rest of the world except the Nobel Peace Prize committee woke to the totally surprising news that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. … [Keep reading >>]

David Brin is a futorologist and author of Science Fiction / Fantasy books of some repute. He’s also on a mail list I keep an eye on. His … [Keep reading >>]

Glenn Greenwald makes a pretty good case, along with Bob Somerby, that those who think the right wing attacks on Obama are new, or particularly vicious, aren’t remembering the decades … [Keep reading >>]

From the nice folks south of the State of Ignorance

Talking Points Memo

While the protesters are circulating a photo showing the mall jam-packed, it turns out the picture’s a least five … [Keep reading >>]