Crossposted on Corrente The public option was always a fig leaf. Thus, its demise does not really change the fundamental nature of…
Who says cousin marriage is wrong? Who says it’s not a legitimate political issue? I am supposedly on blogging hiatus right now,…
How can we get repealing bans on first cousin marriage on the US legislative agenda? I think it would clearly help in…
This is a copy of the long reply that Maggie Mahar made to my post "Why Is Maggie Mahar Lying About Health…
On November 9, Maggie Mahar is doing a book salon at Firedoglake on her book Money-Driven Medicine. I think it probably contains…
Marriage between first cousins is currently illegal in about 30 US states. But in contrast to the tremendous attention that gay marriage…
This is a transcript of the chat I had with Matthew Kerbel about his new book celebrating the "netroots," including groups like…
A new poll on the Massachusetts Senate race has state Attorney General Martha Coakley dominating the field with 37 percent support from…
I’ve now looked at the CBO report for the Affordable Health Care for America Act, or the new House bill. I don’t…
According to Progressive Democrats of America and this OpEdNews piece, the Kucinich Amendment to waive federal ERISA regulations that might hold up…
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