A Cold Welcome for Dan Coats
Absolutely brutal – and spot on – email from the state party: On behalf of Hoosiers everywhere, we’d like to welcome back Dan Coats to the State of Indiana. After more than a decade working, living, and voting in Washington,…
Brilliant look at Evan Bayh & weak-kneed Dems on #HCR, through football metaphors
Clipped from vagabondscholar.blogspot.com Bayh and the Blue Dog Democrats remind me of the Cincinnati Bengals of the 90s under owner Mike Brown. One sportscaster called them “an embarrassment to sport,” as in, the entire human endeavor of sports, where a…
Taibbi rips Brooks’ moral relativism – it’s not about class, it’s about crime!
In his expletive-laden, take-no-prisoners style, Matt Taibbi rips David Brooks’ latest NYT column trying to defend the indefensible behavior of the big banks. I love that Taibbi admits (unlike most journalists) to being a part of the same upper class…
Eric Alterman: I Just Can’t Hate John Edwards
I have to agree with Dr. A on this one. As an early Edwards supporter and donor, I do feel betrayed by his (and Elizabeth’s) continuing lies. But there’s more than a bit of mirth from the people who mocked…
Vanity Fair’s A A Gill visits the Creation Museum
Faith without mystery, without question & doubt, and without metaphor is no longer alive – it’s just kitsch. At least, that’s my takeaway from this piece, and it explains why so much Christian rock is terrible. Clipped from www.vanityfair.com It…
Balls Beer for Health Care Reform, the Full Version
Balls Beer for Health Care Reform, the Full Version
About the #pX Hashtag
While browsing through my friends’ updates on Twitter, I was struck by the lack of a hashtag to aggregate all the smart and provocative content that Christian liberals were creating. After checking with a few influential Twitterers to make sure…
