black = white

up = down slavery = freedom Republican = For The People Quoting Paul Krugman of The New York Times: Health reform is the law of the land. Next up: financial reform. But will it happen? The White House is optimistic, because it believes that Republicans won’t want to be cast as allies of Wall Street. [...]

now we’re talking

If you are of the opinion that government exists to improve the lives of its people, acting in the best interests of the majority, not just in the present but into the indefinite future (and I most certainly am) then you must, as a rational human being, be utterly at a loss as to why [...]

To summarize…

Quoting from TPM: An Open Letter to Conservatives: Dear Conservative Americans, The years have not been kind to you. I grew up in a profoundly Republican home, so I can remember when you wore a very different face than the one we see now.  You’ve lost me and you’ve lost most of America.  Because I believe [...]

Three!

Three more days!

the road of a thousand miles

Dear the blog: I don’t want you to get too carried away, but I’m losing weight. Exercising almost every day. I take one day off a week. I’m very motivated. Eating a little more conscientiously. Settle down! I said a little more. There are limits to my madness. Marjorie suggested if I were serious I [...]

the Olympic scandal that is our own damned self-righteousness

In Monday’s Globe and Mail, Roy MacGregor judges us for judging the Canadian Womens Hockey team for their quiet Olympic victory celebration on home ice last week. The ladies waited until the arena was empty, and wandered back out on to the ice, still in skates, still in uniform, still wearing their gold medals. They [...]