If you've been reading this blog lately you probably have come to the conclusion that we were more than a little obsessed with defeating corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden in northeast Pennsylvania, where I used to live. Holden was gerrymandered into the dist... »
Before the great mortgage collapse that plunged the U.S. and most of the rest of the world into the Great Recession the banksters, according to the L.A. Times, knew they were playing with fire. Jim Puzzanghera and Scott Reckard reported exactly two yea... »
The 15 second web-ad above makes the point that reactionary Blue Dog Tim Holden of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania isn't really a Democrat. In past years-- when Holden's 17th congressional district meandered south and west from Schuylkill-- into solid ... »
With select updates (see text and below)A big fat liar? Sure, but it may be thathe thought he was telling a higher truthI'm telling a terrible story,but it doesn't diminish my glory,for they would have taken my daughtersover the billowy waters,if I had... »
The US will deploy its first floating special operations base to the waters of the Middle East with the purpose of combating the threat emanating from Iran. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … JERRY BROWN, (PARTIALLY) EMERGED FROM STEALTH MODE, MAKES SOME MOVES.... »
The stock market is way up again and many economic indicators are pointing upwards as well. Any rational judge would say that Obama's fiscal and economic policies-- despite concerted, persistent and even vicious Republican Party obstructionism every st... »
Governor Bob, that cagy pol, knows there'sa line in there somewhere that got crossed.by KenJust last week we were talking about the runaway craziness exploding in the Virginia legislature, now fully Republican thanks to the old principle applied to the... »
Dan Walters, in today's video report, lays out how wealthy civil rights lawyer Molly Munger could play havoc with Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot tax campaign. The Legislature has floor sessions today, with the Senate meeting at 2 p.m. and the... »
