Lamar Alexander says something really racist even by GOP standards
This week, Lamar Alexander (R-TN) — apparently unsatisfied with the GOP’s moderate steps of submerging the healthcare debate into a pit of hysterical accusations and blatant lies — upped his game and launched into a risible rant about Medicaid being a “Medical ghetto.” You know, to spice things up. Because, as Jed says, “what would a healthcare debate be without some good ol’ fashioned race-baiting from the GOP?” If one can fight through the horror house of latent and overt racism jam-packed into Alexander̵

University of California: where students pay more for less
UCLA students protest tuition hikes (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Chaos descended upon the University of California campus this week when thousands of student protesters faced off against armed police after UC’s Board of Regents approved a 32 percent increase in student fees, and also a 15 percent midyear tuition hike (it’s still unclear if raising tuition midyear is l

Christian leaders unite to teach youth intolerance
James Dobson Image via Wikipedia A group of 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that “could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples.” Citing Martin Luther K

Holder acts like a Patriot as Republicans continue to shriek in terror
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. fought off criticism Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee over his choice not to use a military commission. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) The swift regression of the Republicans from an oppositional political party into a mob of screaming infants during the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial prelimina

The Age of Hypercapitalism
Image by aresauburn™ via Flickr I was asked by Davis Fleetwood to write up a brief summary of what I believe to be the “most important story of the past decade.” Picking just one story is a pretty daunting task considering the list of possible choices: the ongoing Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan assaults, torture, poverty, and global warming. However, I chose to write about Hypercapitalism. Money tend