by Sara Robinson | Nov 10, 2008 | Blog
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada. In many ways, it is the most Canadian of all the statutory holidays we have here -- more heartfelt than Thanksgiving, more widely observed than Canada Day, more essential to the deep strain of honor in the Canadian character than...
by Bill Scher | Nov 8, 2008 | Blog
Check this second paragraph from an Associated Press story about the House battle to head the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which would play a critical role in any global warming legislation: Obama has said he wants to act quickly on climate change. But crucial...
by Bill Scher | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog
In the latest edition of The Week In Blog over at Bloggingheads.tv features Blog P.I.'s William Beutler and myself discussing Obama's mandate. Fascinating to me is the length conservatives will go to pretend Obama does not have a progressive mandate. Beutler's attempt...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog
Sometimes the most pointed — or preposterous — comes from unexpected sources. This time, it's The Onion providing the former and the Wall Street Journal serving up the latter. The best satire comes wrapped around a grain of discomforting truth. Daniel De Groot...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog
Barack Obama’s historic victory in 2008 spearheaded not only a change election, but a sea-change election. It marks the end of the conservative era that has dominated our politics since 1980, and the beginning of a new era of progressive reform, driven by an emerging...
by Bill Scher | Nov 6, 2008 | Blog
Here's a little news that probably won't dominate the post-election punditry. More than 60% of voters considered Sen. Barack Obama a "liberal." And he won. Politico interviewed Sen. John McCain's long-time close aide Mark Salter, who revealed the result from the...
