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  • SOLVED! The Most Pressing Political Question of Our Time: What the Hell is up with Joe Lieberman?

    I’ve figured it out.  At first I thought Joe Lieberman was just on a power trip from being the guy who could (and did) stop progress on health reform. I mean, that’s one for the resume.  Then I saw Joe explaining why he thinks we should preemptively attack Yemen, because Yemen is, of course, the Read more

  • Lieberman, de Tocqueville, Tyranny and Health Care!

    Lieberman, de Tocqueville, Tyranny and Health Care!

    In his history defining and seminal work, Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville explored the ins and outs of early nineteenth century American democracy. Of de Tocqueville’s concerns about American governance the most famous was a critique that has become known as the Tyranny of the Majority.  According to Tocqueville, the majority in America is Read more

  • Debate on the Senate Bill

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Above is Howard Dean on the Rachel Maddow show defending the Senate Health Reform bill he early suggested killing. Read more

  • A Quote from President Obama’s Nobel Peace Lecture

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  • A Quote from President Obama's Nobel Peace Lecture

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  • What Nobel Peace Prize?

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