Torture and the greater good
In my last post, I discussed the concept (or, more properly, the anti-concept) of so-called "American Exceptionalism." An anti-concept (according to the coiner of the term, Ayn Rand) is a…
We need to raise taxes
Yes, I really mean that those of us who have an income above subsistence level need to up the ante. Most state governments, most notably my state of California, are…
Just an interesting day
Two things happened today that caused me some political thought. Pardon me while I create an actual blog entry. First, I read an item on the San Francisco Chronicle about…
The GOP’s Sotomayor quandry
Republicans are divided over how aggressively to go after federal judge Sonia Sotomayor, a family feud about the tone of the coming debate over confirming the Supreme Court's first Hispanic.
New corruption scandal on Capitol Hill
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a Democratic congressman in a corruption probe, the first concrete indication that a long-simmering Justice Department investigation of a top lobbying firm also has…
Obama confirms plan for cyberspace czar
President Barack Obama said he will name a White House-level czar to coordinate government efforts to fight an epidemic of cybercrime, which even touched his presidential campaign.
"Cyberspace is…
