Hold Fast

My former co-blogger Austin Evers sent me this quote from law professor Cass Sunstein. Conformity is often a sensible course of action; we do our best, by our own lights, if we do what others do.  One reason we conform is that we often lack much information on our own, and the decisions of others [...]

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Dean Baker is spot-on in his analysis of the connection to the lack of national health care to the current troubles the Big Three auto companies are experiencing. The Big Three are also not responsible for the broken U.S. health care system. If we paid the same amount for health care as Canada, G.M. would [...]

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The Australian government is about to introduce nation-wide internet censorship, starting with a list of upwards of 10,000 banned websites and a second tier for controversial content, like pornography. The proposed system consists of two tiers. Under the first, all Australian service providers must block access to around 10,000 Web sites on a list maintained [...]

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No time for real posts, but be inspired… See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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Matt Stoller reports that Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley is starting a Populist Caucus in the House. This is an interesting internal shift in the House, and suggests that no current ideological caucus is quite capturing the moment.  The plank for this group is economic justice, universal health care, affordable college education, consumer safety, fair trade, [...]

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Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Bob Bennett (R-UT). …Adding, the inauguration is not the place for neo-Prohibitionism. Nor should senators be concerning themselves with temporary ordinances that help local business in the District of Columbia. The DC inauguration bar and restaurant ordinance passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the city council. Feinstein and Bennett should [...]

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I’m on the road for work this week, so posting will be light. Check out my blogroll for alternative sources…

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The Washington Post has a very interesting profile of the American Constitution Society, an organization which in many ways is developing into the liberal answer to the Federalist Society. Key Obama administration nominees and appointments, including future Attorney General Eric Holder, have connections with the ACS. ACS is an important, growing institution in the liberal [...]

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Holy schnikes. Republicans have two choices if they want to have a shot of beating Barack Obama: Find a billionaire willing to spend at least $2 bil. of his own money; Get real public financing passed for all federal elections. It’s safe to assume that Obama will raise over $1 billion for his campaign alone [...]

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Republican online guru David All tweets:  I’m taking bets on how quickly O switches away from the “Change” theme once he’s inaugurated. That day, the message becomes ours. Game on. First, Obama isn’t going to switch away from the “Change” theme any time soon. I won’t be surprised if change remains his theme for the [...]

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