I'm Shocked, Just Shocked. Shocked, I Say
I know this is going to be, well, shocking for many in the liberal community. For months we've been fairly secure in the knowledge that James Dobson wasn't sure he could support McCain. After all, as...
View ArticleKnow Your McCain: Not defending Obama, Attacking McCain
Over the past couple of weeks there have been a few diaries pointing out something obvious: we need to take the fight to John McCain. In one, Clammyc urged us to stop defending Obama and to go on the...
View ArticleThe "Obama is Uppity" Chronicles, July 21 - 27, 2008
In case anyone has forgotten, Obama's a black man. And, in case you've also forgotten, those people ought to know their place. And, in case you've forgotten, the Old Media will continue to remind you...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Class-A Moron
Yes, you read that correctly. I'm calling someone out. OK, he's not a Kossack. But two days in a row of the stupidest columns one could imagine--I just had to http://www.dailykos.com/... something....
View ArticleThe "Obama is Uppity" Chronicles, July 28 - August 1, 2008
This is the second installment of the "Obama is Uppity" Chronicles. In it I highlight a newspaper column from each day of the past week that uses wingnut dogwhistle language to help remind undecided...
View ArticlePlease Help John McCain!
As you sit around idly sipping your coffee [or latte, for you left-coastians], musing, fulminating, or simply pawing over your morning Kos, please take a few minutes to help John McCain. That's right,...
View ArticleHere's an Ad for You . . .
I was thinking about McCain's recent statements that he needs to get his full night of sleep to be effective. And I was thinking about political ads. And wishing I had the tech skills to make it and...
View ArticleSchool Starts Tomorrow
Tomorrow, some 19,000 college students at my university will begin finding their way towards their classes. Among those will be some 5000 fresh-faced newbies--freshman. Because my college has a program...
View ArticleThe Palin I know and love [much video]
Look, I've been a big follower of Palin's for years. I've seen some amazing work come out of that creative mind. So, before we rush to judgment, let's take a step back, and really examine Palin's body...
View ArticleTeaching Progressive Values—Sept 1 – 5, 2008: The Greeks
I believe that one of the most important things to teach in any class is progressive values of some kind. While this isn’t the exclusive focus of my classes, I believe it important for them to...
View ArticleWhat the h*ll happened to Charles Krauthammer?
Either somebody has kidnapped Charles Krauthammer, gained access to his computer, and is submitting columns on his behalf, or hell has frozen over. Krauthammer's column today seems to have been...
View Article[Updated] All Democrats Would Do Well to Read This (Or, "How 538 Nails It")
Apologies for the long post, I know that's not the current norm. :) Browsing around the tubes this morning, waiting for my 16-month to wake up so we can go grocery shopping, I came across this piece of...
View ArticleMy Teachers
I'm here in Colonial Williamsburg this week, taking a group of 5th grade teachers on a week-long tour of the town. It's part of a teaching American History Grant--federal money designed to get teachers...
View ArticleSo What? McCain's VP Doesn't Know the Bush Doctrine.
OK, so Kossacks and others are all atwitter because McCain's VP pick doesn't know the Bush Doctrine. Of course, we know that the Bush Doctrine states that the US can engage in preemptive war as long as...
View ArticleHere They Come: Swiftboating on the Way
The Washington Post is reporting that the folks who brought you swiftboating are back and set to begin a multimillion dollar campaign designed to attack Obama. Here's the deal:
View ArticleThe SNL Meme [Update x2]
Update: Here's a link to the Couric-Palin spoof. Sorry. Gone already. [Update x2] This one works: HuffPo h/t to rb137 OK, so I've just finished watching SNL destroy Palin and McCain in two separate...
View Article"And by the way, take off the Obama shirt"
What a weekend. Five days in the mountains for a great wedding. The site was in the northwest corner of Virginia, near Star Tannery, which is about 50 miles southeast of Winchester. It was great seeing...
View ArticleThe Friday Beer Report
Happy Friday to everyone!! I know this is a political site, with political diaries. But from time to time we have foodies, cat-lovers, dog-folks, and the great garden and birdwatching reports. Because...
View ArticleThe Friday Beer Report, October 24, 2008
Happy Friday!! Because I teach a class on the history and culture of beer and brewing, I though that I'd do a diary on beer. It might be ongoing, like a few other foodie and garden diaries that I...
View ArticleI'm Gay, and I'm Voting for McCain (and other stories)
Talk about the silly season. No matter how much people say in advance "let's not talk politics," it never seems to work. At every social gathering I've been to for the past several week, it seems the...
View ArticleWTF Makes You Think I'd Laugh at a Racist Joke?
I thought the silly season was over, but apparently it just began. I live in the first red state to go for McCain Tuesday night--the great Commonwealth bygodKentucky. We're not just red, we're deep...
View ArticleAre We Turning the Tide on the Abortion Issue?
The election of Barack Obama on November 4th was a resounding victory for liberalism on many levels. The chance to turn back failed economic policies, failed diplomacy, failed foreign military policy,...
View ArticleThe Bailout We Need (for Higher Education)
[Crossposted from Progessive Historians] There have been a few musings of late regarding what kinds of bailout higher education needs—or if indeed higher education needs anything more than a...
View ArticleWhy Does John McCain Hate America?
[ON] I'm trying to figure this out. Here's a guy who ran for president and got as substantial number of votes [but not enough, jerk]. Here's a guy who wanted to be the leader of this country. A guy who...
View ArticleWYFP: Saturday Evening Special
Welcome, once again to WYFP. I'm your host, AndrewMc. I'm 42 and teach at a mid-sized state university. My field is history, but I love to read on a wide variety of subjects. In fact, I write book...
View ArticleActually, You Ought to Thank a Liberal
[crossposted form ProgressiveHistorians.] As progressives we’re constantly reminded by the likes of Bill Riley, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limgaugh that we need to thank all the Americans who have died in...
View ArticleBristol Palin and Fiancee Split
According to People magazine, Bristol Palin and her fiancee have split. I wish her well--while it's not going to be easy for her, it will be a heck of a lot easier for her than for a young woman who...
View ArticleJohn Hope Franklin, WEB DuBois, and My Remembrance
[Crossposted from ProgressiveHistorians] The news that prominent historianJohn Hope Franklin has died fills me with a great deal of sadness. John Hope was my intellectual "grandfather." That is, he was...
View ArticleGoodbye Nuremberg
[Crossposted from ProgressiveHistorians] In 1945 and 1946 the victorious Allied countries held a series of trials amidst the rubble of the German city of Nuremberg. The defendants were a particular...
View ArticleWhat Joe the Plumber is Really Worried About!!
A recent front-page post and a Rec-list diary have noted that Joe the Plumber is a homophobe. Nobody should be surprised. In one, a midday thread, noted that: Being gay is bad because it's in the...
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DKos Chess Tournament 2009: Round 5 Open Thread (7/21)
The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 5 are posted below.
View ArticleFaux Abbreviated Pundit Roundup
I know, I know. The big cheeses are out of town, grilling, being grilled, and probably getting a bit baked. But the Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is simply too valuable to let go. I told DemfromCt that...
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DKos Chess Tournament 2009: The Semi-Finals Have Begun!
The DKos Chess Tournament 2009 open thread is now open! Updated standings and results through Round 7 are posted below.
View ArticleNewspaper Columnist Eviscerates Creation Museum [Updated with LTE response]
My lo cal paper, the Bowling Green Daily News is an unabashedly conservative paper. From the editorials to the chopping of headlines, to the op-ed columnists [Goldberg, Krauthammer, Reagan, et al.]...
View ArticleClimate Change, Then and Now
[This article was inspired by a side note in DarkSyde's "This Week in Science" from Saturday, and is crossposted from ProgressiveHistorians.] According to research published in the August 13, 2009,...
View ArticleCal Thomas, You're a Douchenozzle
Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach early--for college students. First class is at 8am, and I'm pretty sure that when the Greeks developed their "myths," one of Hercules' original tasks was "Teaching an 8am...
View Article[Updated] A Pictoral History of Racism in the United States: Context is...
This is crossposted from Progressive Historians. This is a picture history, and I don't want to foreshadow the story. Follow me below the jump.The offerings are not comprehensive, of course. But they...
View ArticleJustice Ginsburg Hospitalized [Update: Stable Condition]
The Washington Post is breaking this story: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is at Washington Hospital Center this evening after falling ill at the Supreme Court this afternoon. Court spokeswoman Kathy...
View ArticleGOP Pol: Abolish Police if They Unionize!
Sometimes it's hard to be a progressive liberal. After a few days of getting hammered on just about everything--health care setbacks [not defeats], watching every loony Republican under the sun get...
View ArticleElecting more and better . . . Republicans?
I find myself in an odd position. The 2010 state-level elections in my area will see an incumbent Democrat face off against a Republican newcomer. My district is pretty red. This in and of itself isn't...
View ArticleCongress=Republicans according to WaPo
I used to like reading the Washington Post. From my location on the far side of the moon [also known as "Kentucky"] it was the one lifeline back to civilization. I much preferred it to the New York...
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What's with the anti-HCR advertisement, Kos?
This is less a diary than a rant. I was in the midst of checking in for my fill of DailyKos when I noticed the following ad, which is a scrolling ad. I've just captured one of the panels. Huh?
View ArticleI Am Running for Office
I suppose this is my announcement that I am running for office. Let me say straight off, this isn't a big office, or anything nationally prominent. I'm running for my local school board. It's a...
View ArticleThe Seventh Anniversary.
It's the seventh anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Get down on your knees and thank your deity that we were able to pull it off.
View ArticleElections have consequences
I will never forget that elections have consequences. I will never forget that elections have consequences. I will never forget that elections have consequences. I will never forget that elections...
View ArticleCantor Gets a Real Death Threat: Spin and Reality
So, it turns out that Eric Cantor has gotten an actual, real-live death threat. TPM is reporting that: A 33-year-old Philadelphia man was charged today with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)...
View ArticleA Non-Political Political Argument With a Conservative
I love talking politics. Absolutely love it. I don't know that I'm a wonk, but I'd be willing to bet that if presented with a list of Congresscritters' names, I could identify the states for 75% of...
View ArticleBob Herbert is Wrong About High School Colleges
I enjoy Bob Herbert's colums. I usually agree with him 100%. Today, however, is different. Today's column addresses an expanding fad in education: college credits in high school. He opens with: We hear...
View ArticleGet up, keep walking (or: All this effin' hand-waving)
This past week one of Rand Paul's supporters stomped on a Jack Conway supporter. This past week a Rick Waugh supporter got pinned down and mistreated by the local police in Louisa, Virginia, during an...
View ArticleDear Congress/President: About My Tax Cut
Dear Congress, Dear Mr. President, I read today that the only way you see to pass a tax cut for the middle class is to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In essence, what are currently "Bush tax...
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