(Source: CSPAN) Right wingers are very big on the fact that the United States is a Republic, not a Democracy. “This is a Republic, not a Democracy. Let’s keep it that way!” the John Birch Society’s Robert Welch famously declared. Of course, they are correct. Constitutionally, only half of the legislative branch of the government […]

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(Source: RIA Novosti) U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have spoken. And they are on the same page. By that I mean not they agree about the issues dividing the two countries but that they are both ready to move forward, to test each other and see if an agreement is possible. […]

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(Angela Merkel | Source: Egypt Independent) The only surprise from Germany’s election was how close Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic coalition came to winning an outright majority. Thus the weeks of waiting for her to claim victory gave progressives and Obama administration plenty of heartburn. The Social Democrats have a strong enough hand to force Merkel […]

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(Ted Cruz | Source: Fox News) It’s hard to be a leader if no one follows. On Monday, it was as if Ted Cruz saw himself charging up San Juan Hill only to look back to see Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, and other Senate Republicans still sitting around the campfire, pointing up at him and […]

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(Lawrence Summers | Source: AP via Salon) Last week, economic Voldemort Larry Summers stunned observers when he withdrew from consideration as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Much has been made of behind-the-scenes wrangling by progressive organizations that culminated in stands against Summers by four Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee. The attention is deserved. […]

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