With apologies to T.S. Elliot...

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Friday February 03, 2017 · 12:59 PM PST

2017/02/03 · 12:59

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang, but a twitter.

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On souls, and stomachs

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Friday March 14, 2014 · 2:13 PM PDT

2014/03/14 · 14:13

Last week, Paul Ryan gave a philosophical summary of the main conservative criticism of liberal policies:

What they're offering people... is a full stomach and an empty soul.
- Paul Ryan

This immediately brought to mind one of my favorite philosophical quotes from the 19th century. It's really quite remarkable how well it fits (and starkly contrasts) with Ryan's:

Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls, when we all ought to be worried about our own souls, and other people's bellies.
― Rabbi Israel Salanter

I wish the Republicans would worry more about their own souls. They have cause to.

Barack Obama has doomed the Republican party... and that's a shame

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Thursday November 08, 2012 · 9:18 AM PST

2012/11/08 · 09:18

I feel like Obama might have inadvertently destroyed the Republican party.

No, really.

Continue below to see how, and why it's a bad thing. (Spoiler: he didn't mean to do it, and it's definitely not his fault.)

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Friday March 05, 2010 · 11:00 AM PST

2010/03/05 · 11:00

Dear Congressman,

Some thoughts I'd like to share with you, and the other Congressmen that share your concerns on the abortion language in the Senate health care bill.

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 12:13 PM PST

2009/12/07 · 12:13

This is hardly worthy of a diary, so I apologize in advance, but I still found it annoying. Take a look at Dish Network's channel chart, below, which breaks down the available channels according to which bundled package they are available in:

Dish network plans

Notice anything strange?

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 8:14 AM PDT

2009/09/09 · 08:14

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My fellow Americans, I'd like to take this opportunity to emphasize why reforming health care is so important.

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Monday August 31, 2009 · 1:45 PM PDT

2009/08/31 · 13:45

One of the things that has really left me puzzled in the health care debate (besides the obvious problem of there being a large segment of the population that gleefully believes whatever scary nonsense Glenn Beck spews that day) is the controversy surrounding the public option. The reason I'm puzzled is that it seems obvious that it's a really good idea (unless you're the CEO of Aetna or someone similar, but not that many people fit in that category). After all, the public option lowers costs and expands the choices available to the public. Almost certainly, the private insurance options available on the market will improve quickly and substantially if they have to compete with a public plan. Really... what's not to like?

So why is the public option an obstacle, instead of being one of the chief selling points for health care reform?

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With apologies to T.S. Elliot...

On souls, and stomachs

Barack Obama has doomed the Republican party... and that's a shame

An Open Letter to Congressman Stupak

A silly complaint

I'd love to hear something like this tonight

A public option by any other name