Working Life

Back when he ran for governor, I wrote about Tim Kaine and his apparent anti-union bent. People assured me that because he was running in Virginia, he had no choice but to talk a certain way but his heart was really okay when it came to unions. I just don’t buy that. Just this week […]

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This is something I think many people worry about and rightly criticize the Democratic Party for. Today, The New York Times has a front-page piece entitled, “For Democrats, Many Verses, but No Chorus.” I don’t generally think much of Adam Nagourney as a reporter–can you say “conventional wisdom?”–but this piece does expose what I think […]

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Strap yourself in because we may be in for a new wave of rhetoric that tries to tar some of us as…egads…”isolationists.” That’s a term that is used by people who favor so-called “free trade” as a way of discrediting the opposition. The February 11th issue of The Economist has a piece entitled “The isolationist […]

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That some hard-line conservatives have no shame or sense of decency was underscored yesterday via words from the mouth of Senator Tom Coburn, who hails from the great state of Oklahoma. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Coburn said, referring to the president, “I believe he should have a request for the American people […]

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I’ve been pointing out here for the past few weeks–and this has been a topic discussed on other blogs that deal regularly with politics–how truly weak the Democratic party is. You could not have a more ripe environment to take back the government from the Republicans: Iraq, massive deficits, corruption, Katrina and, of course, stagnant […]

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There’s been a lot of analysis of the state of the union show (I don’t call it an “address” because it really is just show business). As I see it, the Democrats are blowing it again. And it’s not just because of incompetence or the lack of a spine (though, yes, those are annoying qualities). […]

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The elites are gathering for the annual global conference in Davos, Switzerland. And, today, there’s a little snippet at the Wall Street Journal’s on-line edition (subscription required) that fits with what I’ve been saying for many months: “A gloomy forecast about the world economy greeted the leaders when Stephen S. Roach, chief economist of Morgan […]

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If the Democrats do not filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito, it will show, yet again, why the party will remain a minority party–or, at best, do very little to show any kind of leadership to the millions of people who need a real oppositional party. It’s clear that with Alito on the Supreme Court, […]

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My dear readers: some of you will have heard by now, or will soon hear, that I have decided to enter the Democratic primary for the Senate seat from New York. The main reason for my decision to enter this race is the war in Iraq. I didn’t make this decision quickly nor lightly but […]

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Happy Thanksgiving to all…just a brief post this morning, combining my favorite issues: sports and politics. Looks like Carlos Delgado is going to sign with the cross-town rivals, the Mets. I’ve always liked Delgado–but not solely because of his baseball skills. Back when he was with the Blue Jays, when his team came to Yankee […]

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