Category Archives: Democrats

Sequestration, Meals on Wheels, and Cancer Drugs: This One Is All on Obama

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

(from here) There has been a backlash by the kinda, not-really lefitsh punditariat about how little Obama can accomplish. Critics of the critics call it the Green Lantern theory of presidential power: the idea that, if Obama only wished harder, … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Cancer, Democrats, Hunger | 2 Comments

Massachusetts Dems: On Tuesday, Vote Markey

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Given the bombings and their aftermath, most people probably don’t realize there’s a U.S. Senate primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday (I had forgotten until late last week and I follow this stuff). For what it’s worth (probably only my vote…), … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Massachusetts | 1 Comment

The Grand Bargain Betrayal: Obama Lied to Rank-and-File Democrats on a Core Issue

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

I’m not naive about politicians. They will typically attempt to have their cake and eat it too on most issues. They will make ‘committed non-committals’ to leave themselves to maneuver. But a cardinal rule of politics is that when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Social Security | 3 Comments

A Judge Saved Us From Obama’s Policy Towards Plan B. Maybe One Can Do Something About His Assault on Plan C?

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Probably not, but one can hope. To use a phrase. The good news is that a federal judge–a Republican appointee no less–overturned the Obama Administration’s craven and cowardly stance on Plan B, allowing emergency contraception to be sold over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Social Security | 1 Comment

Some Quick Reflections on Mayor Menino

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

If you haven’t heard, Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino will not run for re-election, ending his twenty-year run as mayor. I’ll have more to say in a longer post soon (why does all of the interesting stuff happen when I’m on … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Democrats

The Writing on the Wall for the Estate Tax

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

In a vote late Friday evening, the Senate passed an amendment that called for the Senate “To repeal or reduce the estate tax, but only if done in a fiscally responsible way.” At this point, this is a largely symbolic … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Economics, Fucking Morons | 4 Comments

If the Administration Is Really This Naive, Then This Is Political Malpractice

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

When historians look back at the Obama administration, I think they will be utterly perplexed by its inability to understand what motivated its opponents. From the NY Times, about the sequester (boldface mine): That reality also underscores what Republicans, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Fucking Morons, Uncategorized

Open Access Advocates, Welcome to Liberalville

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Because you too get to experience the awesomeness of sweeping incrementalism! By now, you might have heard about the White House’s new policy to make most federally funded research publications publicly available 12 months after publication. This is an improvement, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Conservatives, Democrats, Publishing | 1 Comment

Obama Still Buys Into the STEM Shortage

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

One of the things that has gone relatively unnoticed is that Obama bought into the whole notion that the U.S. faces a STEM worker shortage. Riverdaughter dissects that particular bullshit (boldface mine): There are two problems with the idea that … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Education, Funding | 6 Comments

A Deficit Reduction Plan I Can Get Behind

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Because it’s not really about deficit reduction. Anyway, instead of slashing benefits, cutting or holding constant science spending, and so on, the Congressional Progressive Causus has released its own deficit reduction plan (details in pdf): Of course, this will never … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economics | 6 Comments