I would not have expected to be so pleased by Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott a major conference in Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinians. But I was. I say that because I do not support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). Or to be precise, I do not support it as applied to […]

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(U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of East Texas accused U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder during testimony of casting “aspersions on my asparagus.” That helps President Obama, says Geoff Rips, but given all the problems the nation and Texas face, this is a sideshow we could do without.) Molly Ivins used to say Texas was a laboratory […]

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(In 2012, North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Patrick McCrory endorsed a Republican Party platform that called Agenda 21, a set of environmental proposals by the UN, a conspiracy to take over America. McCrory won and state Republicans carry on with the crazy, the author says. Image: Getty) Did you know America’s iconic small town, Mayberry, North Carolina, […]

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(The Congressional Budget Office released its latest debt and deficit projections for the next ten years. There’s no way any honest analyst could read them as anything but the official end to any rational concern about red ink, says Doug Henwood. Image source: CBO) Given that the phantasmic plays such a large role in politics, it’s […]

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(The Justice Department kept tabs on Associated Press reporters. If President Obama doesn’t drop the hubris and show real leadership, says Doug Daniels, the next three and a half years are going to stuffed with congressional hearings and hit-job investigations by giddy Republicans, and we can forgot about advancing any progressive agenda, like gun control. […]

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