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Moving Clocks Run Slow – We Were Promised Jetpacks I’ve still got a set of “best of the aughts” posts coming up. I’ll try to get those out before the end of January. In the meantime, though, I’ve got some … Continue reading →

Slate has a contest, asking for reading to “find a way to pass the health care bill.” I have an idea. 218 Democrats in the House should stop being craven, recognize that failure to act on this condemns millions to … Continue reading →

Well that sucked. Anyways, my pundit credentials aren’t at their best right now, but I still feel pretty confident that I can state in no uncertain terms that if the response to “the Republicans gaining a 41-59 majority” in the … Continue reading →

Hold On – The Cottars (Tom Waits cover) We’ll find out in a few hours whether my conviction that (all polling data aside) the Dems hold Massachusetts. In the meantime, how about a boisterous Celtic-inspired folk cover of Tom Waits. … Continue reading →

Busy putting the finishing touches on that paper I mentioned a week or two ago, but I thought I could drop by to put on my prediction hat once again. Here goes: Martha Coakley will win the Massachusetts special election … Continue reading →

There’s a common tendency to insist that things you disagree with politically must also be unconstitutional. You can see examples of in the health care debate (from both sides). The conservatives keep insisting that the reform efforts are unconstitutional because … Continue reading →

Dreams and Lies – Laurel MusicSell the Lie – The DamnwellsGood Lies – The Notwist Factcheck has a post on the “Whoppers of 2009” which demonstrates pretty much everything I find annoying about the way ‘fact checking’ is thought of … Continue reading →

Okay, more distractions. Via Political Wire, I read this quote from Dan Pfeiffer, White House Communications Director, about Dick Cheney’s preposterous comments earlier in the day (basically: “why does Obama hate America? Doesn’t he know we’re at war?”) To put … Continue reading →

Theme from the 2060 Olympic Games – Griddle In today’s edition of things I’ve been wasting my time thinking about, instead of working on this paper I theoretically need to have done in a couple days to submit for a … Continue reading →

As always, this is a subjective project. I do think that everything on here is legitimately great, but I’m not going to pretend that my tastes correlate perfectly with some objective standard for the best. This is a list of … Continue reading →