I offer this screen grab without further comment except to note that “San Francisco Values” is the new Republican meme, now that the anti-France meme is over.

I offer this screen grab without further comment except to note that “San Francisco Values” is the new Republican meme, now that the anti-France meme is over.

For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy — a process that reached its epitome when George W. Bush [more...]
I’m so tired of being outraged at the Bush administration — and the lacking-in-common-sense voters who support him. Every day there are so many things to write about and be outraged about; I feel as if I am [more...]
I naively figured that the Bush administration was reacting to public criticism of rising oil prices; but this short item from the Washington Post yesterday highlights some other more cynical reasons for the new fuel [more...]