Ted Kennedy

Boston Globe on single payer: Who do you gonna believe? Us, or your lying eyes?

Today's Boston Globe carried a piece of corporate propaganda entitled Lobbies backing health reforms: Insurers change their tune from 1993-94 debate. Rather than deconstruct it line by line, I will just say what is conspicuous...

Anyone Remember Miguel Estrada? Hispanic Democrats in Congress Don’t

It’s a shame the Democratic Party isn’t a touch less racist. If it was, then the Congressional Hispanic Caucus wouldn’t be stumping quite as hard for more Hispanic government... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...

“A Blessed Time”

Edward Kennedy’s extraordinary life and career deserve celebration Published On Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:18 AM In March of 1956—just months before Edward M. Kennedy graduated from Harvard College—96 members of the United...

Obama needs to bail out workers

DERRICK Z. JACKSON SYNDICATED COLUMNIST Having rolled out Warren Buffett and the economic wizards and Hillary Clinton and the security squad, President-elect Barack Obama needs a press conference to roll out Joe the Plumber....

SCOTUS precedent unconstitutional election

U.S. Supreme Court Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985) Hopfmann v. Connolly No. 84-1440 Decided May 13, 1985 471 U.S. 459 ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus Held: In federal...

Murtha Got $330K-Plus Boost from Democrats Right Before Election

Published on Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (http://www.citizensforethics.org) Murtha Got $330K-Plus Boost from Democrats Right Before Election By John Bresnahan, Politico, December 3, 20083 Dec 2008 //...

Gay Marriage: The Victory After the Defeat

Spinning off of Jacob Sullum's column today on gay marriage and gay rights, a couple of recent analyses of the meaning of gay marriage's electoral defeats last month point out, accurately I think, that gay marriage is seeing...

History teaches us gun lesson

Charlene Fernandez, chairwoman of the Yuma County Democrat Party, stated in a front page article ("Gun Sales On Rise," Nov. 18) that she doesn't understand why people have always associated the Democratic Party with the loss of...

Health Care Question For Puff Daschle, Ted Kennedy

Tom Daschle is expected to be confirmed as Obama’s HHS Secretary, where he’s expected to carry the ball on Obama’s health care plan. Columnist David Broder has weighed in on the issue: When Barack Obama’s transition team let...

John Kerry cranky over Barack Obama's Hillary Clinton pick

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - Updated 1m ago Word from Capitol Hill is that, despite his kind words for Hillary Clinton yesterday, Sen. John Kerry is angry and disappointed about not being considered...

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