I’ve been seeing a bunch of single, relatively young men with comfortable incomes argue that the health care reform is “affordable.” But seeing Nate argue that the high costs the middle class is still being asked to bear under the Senate health care bill is just a matter of “having to cut back on vacations, [...]

• It’s all Obama’s fault.
• The nation’s on edge!
• OMG flying isn’t safe!!
• Good thing the Democrats are in charge.
• Buh-bye, ’00s.
• Here’s some change you can believe in.
• 9/11 was Clinton’s fault.

A new object of Lieberman’s affections.

Featuring videos from Loney Dear and Zero 7.

If you’ve been waiting for 2009′s Blue Moon — the second full moon in a calendar month, which happens only about every thirty-three months — it’s finally here, and none too soon! For the first time in 19 years, the Blue Moon will appear on December 31st, New Year’s Eve. Will the moon actually turn [...]

Jeffrey Feldman writes about the divisions underlying the health care debate in this post by Glenn Greenwald (who was writing about this Jake McIntyre post). Ironically, many of the observations he makes about the inside/outside dichotomy in the Democratic party were sketched out in this this prescient piece by Pach on the eve of the 2006 election.

It’s been a year since the Israelis launched their Operation Cast Lead attack on Gaza. A year in which world leaders pledged aid and change and hope but delivered nothing.  And once again Israel is poking Gaza, perhaps in an effort to once again provoke the rockets which then become the excuse for more. After [...]

Banks may not be able to prove they have “standing” to foreclose on your house.

As we reach the end of the Zeroes, the first decade of the 21st century, it may seem an odd question to ask whether anyone has realized the previous decade, the 1990s, are over. Yet judging by the discussions in recent days about the health care bill, progressive activism, left-right alliances, corporatism, etc, it is [...]

In a midterm election, you live or die by your base. The party that motivates its base to donate, volunteer and vote more effectively than the other will pick up seats in Congress. Unfortunately for Democratic incumbents, their base opposes the president’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan and wants troops brought home faster than planned. Democratic candidates for the House and Senate, then, must fight the president’s escalation if they want to mitigate their losses in 2010. If they don’t, the Democratic base should (and likely will) sit this one out.