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Yet another reason to vote for Bernie

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Clinton and the Republicans compete for the position of Israel’s lapdog: At the annual AIPAC convention, the Democratic and Republican front-runners engaged in what might be called a “pander-off” as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tried to outdo the other in declaring their love and devotion to Israel. Yet, what was perhaps most troubling about […]

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Journalistic Ethics

Monday, March 21, 2016

What a great idea! Pam and Russ Martens speculate that Forbes may have pulled an article critical of JPMorgan because they don’t want to damage an interesting relationship they have with said JPMorgan. If Forbes doesn’t have to worry about a libel lawsuit, what else might be behind its rapid yanking of the article? As […]

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Hillary’s against for-profit schools, except…

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

If this is true it is truly disheartening: Student loan debt continues to be one of the largest economic issues plaguing the U.S., with the total amount topping $1.3 trillion. Hillary Clinton’s higher education policy touts debt-free degrees for underprivileged students. But is she being genuine in her efforts to address the issue? While Hillary loves […]

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Zippy nails it

Saturday, March 12, 2016

  

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Rubio: 300.01 on the DSM

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

If this is true, I have a question: Millions of people watched Marco Rubio’s televised tailspin in the opening minutes of last weekend’s Republican presidential debate — but what, exactly, they saw depended on the viewer. To rivals, Rubio’s reflexive retreat to the same snippet of well-rehearsed rhetoric — over and over, and over, and […]

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Something happening here, what it is…

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Well, you know the rest of the song, provided you’re over 60. Anyway, while the media is focused on which little Hitler will get the Republican nomination, the banks (remember them) appear to be headed for another crash. Here’s Krugman: While we obsess over domestic politics — not that there’s anything wrong with that, since […]

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Rubio to world: Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?

Monday, February 8, 2016

There are a lot of asymmetries in American politics. There are many things Republicans can do that Democrats can’t. Here’s a fairly graphic example:    That’s Donald Trump, along with Rubio, Carson and Cruz, standing while they play the Star Spangled banner, or pledge to the flag, or some such thing. Notice where Donald’s hand […]

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McKesson running for Baltimore mayor

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Bowdoin alum DeRay McKesson (of whom we left thinking Bowdoinites are very proud) is running for mayor of Baltimore. It’s a job I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, but he apparently wants it. You can donate here.

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Grifter’s goodbye

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Back in August I drafted a post that I guess I never put up, since I can’t find it on the net. The thrust of it was that the Republican candidates, other than Trump, came in three basic flavors. Here’s how I described one of those flavors: The second group are the grifters. These are […]

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Thank you, Canada 

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Or, more accurately, thank you TransCanada: TransCanada has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration and plans to file a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement over the U.S. government’s rejection of the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The company said Wednesday it has filed a notice of intent to initiate the NAFTA claim on […]

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