by Digby | Aug 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy
This new Washington Post story about the intelligence services black budget (taken from documents provided by the inveterate narcissist, Edward Snowden) is a real blockbuster. It's going to take some time to fully digest what it means, but this is what jumped out at...
by Digby | Aug 26, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform
This excerpt comes from a piece by Michael Winship on how much Washington has changed since the Nixon years. The social and cultural changes are quite striking. But this says it all: [T]he biggest difference between then and now, as the great Washington journalist...
by Digby | Aug 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
The Heritage Foundation Obamascare traveling revival show continues: Former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina organized an evening town hall meeting, which called for defunding the federal health care law. More than 300 people attended the event. [...] Opponents...
by Digby | Aug 19, 2013 | Current Issues
So, this happened: The partner of the Guardian journalist who has written a series of stories revealing mass surveillance programmes by the US National Security Agency was held for almost nine hours on Sunday by UK authorities as he passed through London's Heathrow...
by Digby | Aug 15, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America
We have much to be proud of in America. But having the most economic inequality is one of our most dubious achievements. I guess we just have a very few people who are excellent happiness pursuers. Or maybe it's something else entirely: Now, all societies are unequal,...
