New Orleans Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Lincoln, is getting a lot of reviews these days in the political commentary and op-ed pages, rather than in the Arts sections for its message to Americans about politics. We signed up, sat day, and saw the flick last night in the suburbs where it was showing. On the plus …
Category: National Politics
What we get from the Victory: Immigration, Wage Action, Student Loans, Infrastructure, Etc
New Orleans We had this, and I’m with Nate Silver of the 538 column and blog of the Times: this was not “too close to call” unless we got rid of the Electoral College and didn’t tell anyone. Watching Obama win every single battleground state except North Carolina, pretty much cheek and jowl with all …
Lying about Ryan Budget, Citizen Wealth, and Poverty Reduction in the USA
New Orleans As children of the Cold War all of us learned there’s nothing like the “big lie.” I can find no better proof of this than the preposterous argument made by the right when they try to twist all manner of logic and common sense to have us believe that Congressman, and now putative …