Commentary Ron Reagan interviewed his mom, Nancy Reagan, today on Air America Radio regarding the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. It was incredibly, incredibly moving. Ron’s show comes on every day at 5:00 p.m. in the Chicagoland area. Asking his mother how her and her late husband’s friendship with Ted[Read More…]
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Jon Stewart Smacks Down Healthcare Reform Opponent Betsy McCaughey
Commentary From Salon.com: Back in the early 1990’s, Betsy McCaughey wrote “No Exit,” an article for The New Republic on the Clinton administration’s healthcare reform plan. The piece was filled with falsehoods — so many, in fact, that the magazine later disowned it. But by then, it was too late;[Read More…]
Health Care Mobs = Swift Boat Vets. And the Press Plays Dumb, Again
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Here we go again. During August’s summer daze, right-wing mini-mobs (egged on by corporate interests) have run wild at town hall meetings, propagating all kinds of smears and misinformation in an effort to derail an important Democratic campaign. Yet the mini-mob members have been treated as[Read More…]
Creating a Personal Environmental Sustainability Program
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg Environmental sustainability is the terminology applied to planned efforts to preserve natural resources with minimal dependence on synthetic products, especially those that emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The sustainability movement is focused on concerted efforts to slow down the earth’s current warming process.[Read More…]
The Press Still Loves John McCain
Commentary By Jamison Foser Here’s Chris Cillizza’s explanation for calling John McCain’s eleventy-eighth Sunday show appearance this year (scheduled for Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s This Week) “must-see” television: Chris Cillizza: I think that McCain still holds serious power within the party despite the fact that he lost the 2008 presidential[Read More…]
How the Media Made This Summer’s Political Insanity Inevitable
Commentary By Jamison Foser The most striking aspect of this summer’s political insanity isn’t the frothing at the mouth of a loud minority of Republicans that President Obama is a secret Kenyan bent on subjecting an unwitting American public to government death panels, or the mass confusion among the rest[Read More…]
Those ‘Death Panels’ Really Do Exist
Commentary By Karl Frisch At this point, if anyone still believes that progressive proposals for health insurance reform contain ominous “death panels” designed to kill their grandparents, I have a bridge to sell them in Arizona. Fear not, my conservative friends: The bridge connects a tea bag manufacturing plant with[Read More…]
Howard Dean to Democrats: ‘Grow a Pair’
Governor Howard Dean answers questions while signing a copy of his book Friday at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Pittsburgh, PA –(ENEWSPF)– I had the opportunity to attend Netroots Nation Friday as a member of the media. Formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention, Netroots Nation[Read More…]
Limbaugh Yells ‘Nazi’ (And the Press Yawns)
Commentary by Eric Boehlert The Houston Chronicle editorial page wanted to be absolutely clear: References to Adolf Hitler or Nazis in American politics had no place in the “discourse of the nation,” and the crude analogies were “beyond the pale.” The practice was “absurd and dangerous.” The editorial page was[Read More…]
Rethinking Those ‘Wasteful’ Claims About Government
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg When I hear people at the health care town hall meetings, and in other public gatherings, screaming that they don’t want government to run anything because it’s so darn inefficient, I want to scream myself. As mayor of a municipality of about 25,000 residents, I[Read More…]
