David Brooks’ Weak Criticism
Sometimes, reading David Brooks is like banging my head against a wall. In today’s New York Times, Brooks has an Op-Ed titled “That Other Obama.” The essay is his response to President Obama’s…
Watching the Tea Party Fall to Pieces
It’s been about three years since the Tea Party first emerged on the scene, and the air of invincibility the far right has had in the last few years is finally starting to…
The Continued Trampling of Civil Liberties
In the absurdly prolonged run up to the 2012 elections, the media has been chock full of stories about the continuing Great Recession and who has the best plan to reverse the frightening…
Rewriting the Narrative
Tuesday’s election might not have been a presidential year, but both New London and the country made some interesting decisions. Here in New London, we elected Daryl Finizio for mayor in this city’s…
Public School Is For Everyone
Politico came out with an article this morning with the headline “Fearful Hispanic Students Skip Class.” In Alabama, a federal judge has ruled that it is constitutional for the state to use school…
DADT Is Over (Finally)
DADT Is Over (Finally) This is kind of a big deal. Finally, the military cannot discharge or in any way penalize someone for being gay. To hear opponents talk about it, you’d think…
Summer Roundup
Well, it’s great to be back at Conn after vacation, and I hope that everyone was able to kick back and relax a little. I was up in Maine for most of this…
Joe Courtney: Defender of Reason
This past Wednesday, I was given the opportunity to interview and participate in an open forum with Representative Joe Courtney, the House member from Connecticut’s third district, which includes Conn. He was quite…
Confederate Sympathy: Immoral and Un-American
On this day one hundred and fifty years ago, Confederate secessionists fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, beginning the Civil War. All in all, a pretty momentous day in American…
March Madness
It’s becoming more and more obvious that attempting to find rationality in conservative politics is a futile task. It seems that just when you think the right can’t get any crazier, they surprise…
Baby Steps on the Path to Equality
Civil rights activists scored a huge victory this week when President Obama decided to refrain from having the Justice Department defend the blatantly discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Finally, our elected leaders…
The American Conservative Movement: Paranoid, Ignorant, and Wrong
It seems that some of our fellow Americans are succumbing more and more to paranoia and hate. Nothing shows this better than the annual conference of the Conservative Political Action Committee, sponsored by…
Will Sarah Run?
Every article I read, every political website I visit, seems to be asking the same question: will Sarah Palin run for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2012? However absurd it may…
DADT Opposition: A Symptom of Republican Radicalism
It’s been almost two weeks since we’ve known the results of the Pentagon study about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The report indicates that a large majority of soldiers (70%) believe allowing gays to…
