Being A Senator Means Making Tough Decisions That Aren’t Always Popular, Smart, Politically Viable, Or Beneficial To Your Constituents When Lindsey Graham and I released our healthcare bill earlier this month, we knew it would elicit a full-throated response. Citizens across this country are deeply concerned about such an important issue, and these days, you simply can’t talk about healthcare without stirring passionate emotions on either side. However, I want to make one thing clear: I will continue to stand strong in the face of any and all criticism of our legislation, because being a U.S. senator means making the tough decisions that aren’t always going to be popular, intelligent, politically viable, or beneficial to your constituents in any way whatsoever.
Against the Current SOLIDARITY was formed as part of a project of regroupment of the U.S. Left. This publication, as part of this project, presents many points of view. As such, debates are frequent and informative, and the level of analysis is very high. Against the Current's goal is to promote dialogue among activists, organizers, and serious scholars on the Left. Readers will find this publication informative and challenging. The Comics CurmudgeonC'mon, you could have least added a "BAM" in there » The Comics Curmudgeon Blondie, 2/13/13 Ha ha! It’s funny because … OK, you know what, I have literally no idea why this is funny. It’s funny because Blondie feels a need to project a facade of false confidence to her husband, but with her best friend and business partner she can stare the harsh truth in the face, the better to overcome adversity?
Americans Are Tired Of The Same Old Pandering And Stale Ideas We’re Going To Keep Offering Them If last year’s election showed us anything, it’s that anger and resentment are on the rise. I hear it from small business owners and working-class families, from millennials and retirees. There’s a sense that we’ve lost our way, and that the blame rests squarely on our nation’s leadership. Simply put, Americans are sick of being patronized and sick of the same old ideas that we, as Democrats, are going to keep offering them over and over and over again. The frustration is palpable. 9/11 Conspiracy Theories - Debunking the Myths - World Trade Center - Pentagon - Flight 93 February 3, 2005 12:00 AM From the moment the first airplane crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, the world has asked one simple and compelling question: How could it happen? Three and a half years later, not everyone is convinced we know the truth.
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On Kevin Williamson and cowardice The sacking of writer Kevin Williamson by the Atlantic, just weeks after his controversial appointment, has sparked a debate within American journalism that from the outside might look a little self-indulgent. Since the liberal-leaning political magazine, whose motto is ‘Of no party or clique’, hired the conservative bruiser from National Review, far more ink has been spilled on the rights and wrongs of his appointment, and now firing, than he ever managed to write for what would have been his new home. On Sunday, the Atlantic published a 4,000-plus word dissent from another staffer who disagreed with editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s decision to drop Williamson – it was almost three times as long as the lone Atlantic column Williamson himself wrote before he was shown the door. Goldberg knew hiring Williamson would be controversial. In a memo to staff he referenced a tweet in which Williamson had contemptibly suggested women who have abortions should be hung.
Alexander Cockburn also of the Nation. by tombrez Nov 6